thieve

Object

• bastard: I want to know what thieving bastard has been spending my money.
• 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... .

Modifying Another Word

• so: As we develop safes, armored cars, security forces and ghost squads, so thieving develops further in directions we find unpleasant.
• not: Trolleys have to be guarded at all times to ensure such items are not thieved by the teams that'missed out ' .