thieve

Verb

Meaning

To practice theft; to steal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rob steal hook cop snitch glom nick nab nim take snaffle prig appropriate abstract lift
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Antonyms

provide return give income revenue buy
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Hypernyms

steal rip rip off

Related terms

theft thieving thievery thief theftable thieve out

Derivatives

thieved thieving

Examples

Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal. Sophocles

Someone snitched my wallet! Source: Internet

They're silver-tongued rogues who will never pass up an opportunity to thieve and kill, but they're not without their own code of honor. Source: Internet

She felt guilty, and I used her guilt to emotionally blackmail her high-yellow ass to take up a place at the end of the aisle where I was about to thieve fade cream. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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