- 1. a. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. Source: opted
- 2. a. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. Source: opted
- 3. a. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice. Source: opted
- 4. adj. given to thievery Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. Time's thievish progress to eternity. Shak. 3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice. Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce A thievish living on the common road. Shak. -- Thiev"ish*ly, adv. -- Thiev"ish*ness, n. Source: webster
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