Synonyms for thieve

Grammar : Verb

Spell : theev

Phonetic Transcription : θiv

Définition of thieve

Origin : Old English þeofian, from þeof (see thief). Rare in Old English, not common until 17c. Thieving first attested 1520s.

verb steal

Example sentences :

There will be fences about the fields, and no Indians to thieve and kill.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Prairie Girl » by Eleanor Gates

Let them know,' she said grandly, 'what awaits those who skulk and those who thieve.
Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant

The leaders will thieve and collaborate with organized crime.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

They break into the wells as rats do into granaries, and thieve the water.
Extract from : « Song of the Lark » by Willa Cather

Only they shall not starve, they shall not thieve, they shall not be sweated.
Extract from : « The Ivory Gate, a new edition » by Walter Besant

At the Bagne, you were in a good school for learning how to thieve?
Extract from : « The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 » by Eugne Sue

Most of them thieve when they have an opportunity, and this you will have to guard against.
Extract from : « The Second String » by Nat Gould

I tell you again, I shrank from the horror of hearing you lie, after the horror of seeing you thieve.
Extract from : « The Moonstone » by Wilkie Collins

I never did such a thing as thieve, Sir, if you'll believe me.
Extract from : « Dombey and Son » by Charles Dickens

But what of a man who will take a gift with one hand and thieve with the other?
Extract from : « Masters of the Guild » by L. Lamprey

Antonyms for thieve

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