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Meanings of thieve in English

Portuguese
roubar
Spanish
mangar

Take by theft.

        roubar
        Usage of thieve in English
        1
        The creatures do not enter to thieve, but merely for shelter and food.
        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
        2
        They break into the wells as rats do into granaries, and thieve the water.
        The Song of the Lark
        3
        Torture and slay me if you will, but my wealth you shall not thieve.
        The Lady of Blossholme
        4
        First, when a person is led to thieve through necessity.
        Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
        5
        The leaders will thieve and collaborate with organized crime.
        After the Rain : how the West lost the East
        6
        Here, as at most places, the natives of inferior rank showed a disposition to thieve.
        Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
        7
        Oh, they prowl round at night and thieve-andare capable of the most daring theft.
        The Road to Mandalay: A Tale of Burma
        8
        His father asked him to promise not to"thieve Joanna" from him&then died that night.
        The new yorker
        9
        I came not to thieve, but to destroy.
        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
        10
        They don't thieve all day long, do they?
        The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 / The Letters of C...
        11
        No fringe was going to thieve his kill.
        Last Blood
        12
        Why should she not cheat and thieve?
        Sex and Common-Sense
        13
        LockerRoom: We'd thieve her time if we could, we'd snatch away the dwindling years if she let us.
        The Irish Times
        14
        Do not thieve it from me.
        Kim
        15
        Who would thieve such a file?
        The Guardian
        16
        They left germs behind them, however, that developed into horse thieve counterfeiters, and later into guerrillas and bushwhackers.
        Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
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        Portuguese
        roubar
        Thieve through the time