Thieve Definition

thēv
thieved, thieves, thieving
verb
thieved, thieves, thieving
To take (something) by theft or commit theft.
American Heritage
To commit, or get by, theft.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Thieve

  • Perhaps from Old English thēofian from thēof thief

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English þēofian.

    From Wiktionary

Thieve Sentence Examples

  • Gleefully unreconstructed punks, they thieve equally from the Sex Pistols the Dead Kennedys and the Clash's weakness for dub reggae.

  • Gleefully unreconstructed punks, they thieve equally from the Sex Pistols the Dead Kennedys and the Clash 's weakness for dub reggae.

  • The early stages of morphinism are marked by moral degeneration; the patient seems to lose all sense of right and wrong, and will lie most plausibly and even thieve to obtain the drug; personal disorderliness, disregard of time, neglect of business and decline of family affection become soon evident.

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