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thieve

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thieve  (thv)
tr. & intr.v. thieved, thiev·ing, thieves
To take (something) by theft or commit theft.
[Perhaps from Old English thofian, from thof, thief.]
thieve
Verb
[thieving, thieved] to steal other people's possessions [Old English thēofian]
thieving adj
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Verb1.thieve - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
cop, glom, snitch, knock off, hook
steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"


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They'll raise tobacco, corn, and rye, And drive, and thieve, and cheat, and lie, And lay up treasures in the sky, By making switch and cowskin fly, In hope of heavenly union.
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What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?
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As there are no men who complain more of the frauds of business than highwaymen, gamesters, and other thieves of that kind, so there are none who so bitterly exclaim against the frauds of gamesters, &c.
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