thief
noun
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
Example Sentences
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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
Although I have promised not to bring your thievishness to judgment, yet we can never deal with you again.
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Gustav Freytag
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
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
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
