thieve

  • 11thieve — Synonyms and related words: abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, cop, crib, defraud, embezzle, extort, filch, hook, lift, make off with, nip, palm, pilfer, pinch, poach, purloin, run away with, rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare …

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  • 12thieve — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. loot, rob, filch; see steal . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. steal, rob, burglarize, *rip off, pilfer, filch, shoplift, snatch, *swipe, *walk off with, purloin, appropriate, *heist, embezzle, swindle, cheat. III (Roget s… …

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  • 13thieve — θɪːv v. steal …

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  • 14thieve — verb be a thief; steal things. Derivatives thievery noun thieving noun & adjective thievish adjective Origin OE thēofian, from thēof thief …

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  • 15thieve — v. n. 1. Steal, pilfer, purloin. 2. Swindle, peculate, shark. 3. Plagiarize …

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  • 16thieve — v 1. steal, rob, pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit. prig, Euph. borrow; peculate, embezzle, misappropriate; shoplift, Sl. boost, walk off or away with; burglarize, burgle, break in; All Sl. heist, pinch …

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  • 17thieve — verb Syn: steal, take, purloin, help oneself to, snatch, pilfer, embezzle, misappropriate; informal rob, swipe, nab, lift; Brit.; informal nick, pinch, knock off; N.Amer.; informal heist …

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  • 18thieve — [[t]θiv[/t]] v. t. v. i. thieved, thiev•ing to steal • Etymology: bef. 950; OE thēofian, der. of theōf thief (not recorded in ME) thiev′ing•ly, adv …

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  • 19thieve — [c]/θiv/ (say theev) verb (thieved, thieving) –verb (t) 1. to take by theft; steal. –verb (i) 2. to act as a thief; commit theft; steal. {Middle English, Old English þēofian, from þēof thief} …

  • 20thieve — v. 1 intr. be a thief. 2 tr. steal (a thing). Etymology: OE theofian (as THIEF) …

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