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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thieve \Thieve\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Thieved}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Thieving}.] [AS. ge[thorn]e['o]fian.]
     To practice theft; to steal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  thieving
       adj : given to thievery [syn: {thieving(a)}, {thievish}]
       n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
           thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: {larceny},
            {theft}, {thievery}, {stealing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "thieving":
     brigandish, burglarious, fraudulent, kleptomaniac, larcenous,
     larceny, light-fingered, pinch, piratelike, piratic, purloining,
     steal, stealage, stealing, sticky-fingered, thievery, thievish,
     touch
  
  

















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