thieve
verb
[ θiːv ]
• be a thief; steal something.
• "they began thieving again"
Similar:
steal,
purloin,
take,
take for oneself,
help oneself to,
loot,
pilfer,
abscond with,
run off with,
appropriate,
abstract,
carry off,
shoplift,
embezzle,
misappropriate,
walk off/away with,
run away/off with,
rob,
swipe,
nab,
rip off,
lift,
liberate,
filch,
snaffle,
snitch,
souvenir,
nick,
pinch,
half-inch,
whip,
knock off,
nobble,
bone,
scrump,
blag,
heist,
glom,
snavel,
clifty,
tief,
crib,
hook,
peculate,
defalcate,
walk,
go walkies,
theft,
stealing,
thievery,
robbery,
larceny,
pilfering,
pilferage,
burglary,
shoplifting,
looting,
misappropriation,
expropriation,
embezzlement,
peculation,
defalcation,
light-fingered,
thievish,
larcenous,
dishonest,
sticky-fingered,
nimble-fingered,
crooked,
bent,
furacious,
kleptic,
theftuous,
Origin:
Old English thēofian, from thēof ‘thief’. Transitive uses began in the late 17th century.
