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▪ I. thieving, vbl. n.|ˈθiːvɪŋ|
[app. f. thieve v. + -ing1; but perh. f. thief n.]
1. The action of a thief; the committing of theft; stealing. Also attrib.
1530Palsgr. 699/2 A nyghtes he gothe a thevyng. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. x. 8 They made royall palaces theyr theeuing-places, too cut silie mens throtes in. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 185 These Mallabars..excell in theeuing. 1892Symonds Michel Angelo (1899) II. xi. 54 Your failure to discharge your obligations is regarded as an act of thieving.
2. concr. A thing obtained by theft.
1861Thornbury Turner (1862) I. 328 The Louvre, at that time full of Napoleon's magnificent thievings.
▪ II. ˈthieving, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That thieves or acts like a thief.
1598Marston Pygmal. v 157 Theeuing Mercury That euen in his new borne infancy Stole faire Apollos quiuer. 1823Scott Quentin D. vi, I will teach these misbelieving, thieving sorcerers, to interfere with the King's justice. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa vi. 107 Canoes..drawn up out of the reach of the ever-mischievous, thieving sea.
†b. thieving nutmeg: see quot. Obs.
1668Phil. Trans. III. 863 The Nutmeg called Theeving; because that being put among a whole room full of good Nutmegs, though it be but one, it will corrupt them all. 1681Grew Musæum iv. iii. 376 The Fruit..of..the Thieving-Nutmeg, because it infects and spoils the good ones where it lies. 1693Sir T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 45.
Hence ˈthievingly adv., by way of thieving, theftuously.
1880Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxix. 144 Every pleasure got..cheaply, thievingly, and swiftly. |