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Meanings of
thievish
in English
Given to thievery.
thieving
Related terms
dishonest
dishonorable
Synonyms
Examples for "
thieving
"
thieving
Examples for "
thieving
"
1
In her body, she knew fear; morally, the
thieving
felt like reparation.
2
BEE has crippled South Africa more than the
thieving
politicians ever could.
3
There was one final check to stop anyone
thieving
the Empire's loot.
4
For ten years I worked for a succession of brilliant,
thieving
scumbags.
5
Even before Creeley became aware of his
thieving
,
Driver made him uncomfortable.
Usage of
thievish
in English
1
That savage Korax, with his
thievish
sons, lives just beside the wall.
2
Right-this
thievish
instinct has not deceived him, he has found all, all.
3
France, and, of course, Spain, have acted a treacherous, a
thievish
part.
4
Some of them were playing at pitch and toss in the
thievish
corners.
5
And he extracted from the
thievish
scrawls a peculiarly
thievish
-
looking
hieroglyph.
6
But Sotillo was furious at the failure of his
thievish
scheme.
7
The
thievish
Blackfeet had made these assaults upon them entirely unprovoked.
8
But some one else will say They are
thievish
and will rob you.
9
These are more timorous than those of the Savage Rock, yet very
thievish
.
10
But foxes were left, and they were extremely inquisitive and
thievish
.
11
The
thievish
redskins also drove stock repeatedly from the stations.
12
At his coming the
thievish
wolverine at once slunk away.
13
But even here their
thievish
disposition did not leave them.
14
Beware of the bullets of the French, and the
thievish
hands of the Russians!
15
Everyone spoke of them as lazy,
thievish
,
untrustworthy, and cruel.
16
They are good sailors, and better pirates, cunning, treacherous,
thievish
.
Other examples for "thievish"
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About this term
thievish
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
thievish disposition
thievish propensities
thievish fingers
thievish hands
as thievish
More collocations
Thievish
through the time
Thievish
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common