tief
/tiːf
/West Indian
verb [with object]
Steal (something): people bound to tief young calf [no object]: ‘Look, if yer rob, or tief, or kill, or do notting bad, wat yer run for?’...
- This woman two seats over was trying to tief the seat next to.
- Dr Anthony said in evidence that he can't tief it.
- We tief intellectual property like video tapes, DVDs, CD Roms, Software, satellite signals and copyright material.
noun
A thief: ‘’e binna tief, Missis'...
- It says dat da most prized possession of a brigand, a tief, will be taken away.
- If there is one animal I don't like its a thief (or tief as we seh in Jamdown.)
- Christmas is a week from today, it seems to have crept upon me like a tief in the night to rahtid.
Origin
Representing a pronunciation of thief.
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