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thievish


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thievish  \Thiev"ish\,  a. 
  1.  Given  to  stealing;  addicted  to  theft;  as  a  thievish  boy, 
  a  thievish  magpie. 
 
  2.  Like  a  thief;  acting  by  stealth;  sly;  secret. 
 
  Time's  thievish  progress  to  eternity.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Partaking  of  the  nature  of  theft;  accomplished  by 
  stealing;  dishonest;  as  a  thievish  practice. 
 
  Or  with  a  base  and  biosterous  sword  enforce  A 
  thievish  living  on  the  common  road.  --Shak. 
  --  {Thiev"ish*ly},  adv  --  {Thiev"ish*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thievish 
  adj  :  given  to  thievery  [syn:  {thieving(a)}] 




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