thievev.
/θiːv/, U.S. /θiv/ 1. intransitive. To act as a thief, commit theft, steal.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)]
stealc725
thievec920
bribec1405
pluck?a1425
prowl1546
strike1567
to make away with1691
fake1819
snam1824
snig1862
to help oneself1868
boost1912
score1914
snoop1924
a901 Laws of Ælfred c. 6 gif hwa on cirican hwæt geðeo~fige.]
c920 in Thorpe Charters (1865) 177 Se ðe..ða are þænce to þeofigenne.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 699/2 A nyghtes he gothe a thevyng.
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 70 Theeuing Mercury That euen in his new borne infancy Stole faire Apollos quiuer.
1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 177 And there this Monster set him downe to theeve.
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 11 Thus to Traytorize, Murther, and Thieve it.
1691–2 A. Wood Life 13 Jan. (1894) III. 380 Foot-soldiers..rob and theeve in Oxon.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxii. 216 I never did such a thing as thieve.
2. transitive. To steal (a thing).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]
pick?c1300
takec1300
fetch1377
bribec1405
usurpc1412
rapc1415
to rap and rendc1415
embezzle1495
lifta1529
pilfer1532
suffurate1542
convey?1545
mill1567
prig1567
strike1567
lag1573
shave1585
knave1601
twitch1607
cly1610
asport1621
pinch1632
snapa1639
nap1665
panyar1681
to carry off1684
to pick up1687
thievea1695
to gipsy away1696
bone1699
make1699
win1699
magg1762
snatch1766
to make off with1768
snavel1795
feck1809
shake1811
nail1819
geach1821
pull1821
to run off1821
smug1825
nick1826
abduct1831
swag1846
nobble1855
reef1859
snig1862
find1865
to pull off1865
cop1879
jump1879
slock1888
swipe1889
snag1895
rip1904
snitch1904
pole1906
glom1907
boost1912
hot-stuff1914
score1914
clifty1918
to knock off1919
snoop1924
heist1930
hoist1931
rabbit1943
to rip off1967
to have off1974
a1695 A. Wood Surv. Antiq. City of Oxf. (1899) III. 172 A brass plate having been theeved away.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 267 He endeavoured to thieve from me the only friend I had.
1867 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 July 9 The prisoner..said it was the first time he had ‘thieved’ anything.
1901 Academy 23 Mar. 243 Goods to the value of a quarter of a million..were annually thieved out of ships in the Pool.
Derivatives
ˈthievable adj. that may be stolen.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stolen > able to be
thievable1615
stealable1827
1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 403 Where he hath many night-spels, to the hazard of much Pullen, and indeed all things thieve-able.
ˈthiever n. one who thieves, a thief.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]
thief688
bribera1387
stealer1508
taker?a1513
goodfellow1566
snatcher1575
lift1591
liftera1592
larcin1596
Tartar1602
lime-twig1606
outparter1607
Tartarian1608
flick1610
puggard1611
gilt1620
nim1630
highwayman1652
cloyer1659
out-trader1660
Robin Goodfellow1680
birdlime1705
gyp1728
filch1775
kiddy1780
snaveller1781
larcenist1803
pincher1814
geach1821
wharf-rat1823
toucher1837
larcener1839
snammer1839
drummer1856
gun1857
forker1867
gunsmith1869
nabber1880
thiever1899
tea-leaf1903
gun moll1908
nicker1909
knocker-off1926
possum1945
scuffler1961
rip-off1969
1899 J. Lumsden Edinb. Poems & Songs 105 Wha hack'd an' hash'd an' stole, Like reivers an' thievers.
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