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• not: Trolleys have to be guarded at all times to ensure such items are not thieved by the teams that'missed out ' .

Object

• hand: Also good if you want to keep Brown's thieving hands off your stash.

• scum: It's about time we got tough in our community on the anti social thieving scum who prey on us.

• scumbags: They are thieving little scumbags who would rob our mothers, or grandmothers.

• lowlife: To help combat the thieving lowlifes that would stoop to stealing fuel, Mike Hurley has developed a locking gasoline cap for his TVR.

• weasel: Some children play the rabbits, the ducks and the thieving weasels while the audience learns and sings the chorus of four songs.

Adjective complement

• scouser: Thieving scouser ( cultural stereotype, no accusations intended ) Steve Gerrard picks up the all things footie award for stating the obvious... .

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• so: As we develop safes, armored cars, security forces and ghost squads, so thieving develops further in directions we find unpleasant.