thief
noun
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
Example Sentences
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The final drink-offering should have been made to Jove or Neptune, not to the god of thievishness and rascality of all kinds.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
He feared that, do what he might, they would not escape the inquisitive thievishness of the parrots, whose strong beaks could easily cut leather; but he could do nothing more.
From Erewhon Revisited by Samuel Butler
Eb pleaded that it was the newest and poorest member of the Galactic Federation, and should have been protected in its inexperience against his thievishness.
From The Eel by Miriam Allen DeFord
According to Confucius there are seven grounds of divorce: disobedience, barrenness, lewd conduct, jealousy, leprosy or any other foul or incurable disease, too much talking, and thievishness.
From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick
I saw few ebullitions of temper, much hospitality among the poor, no downright thievishness, but the irresistible tendency to pass bad money—which is accounted a venial failing in the Peninsula.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
