Definitions for thieve

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Spelling: [theev]
IPA: /θiv/

Thieve is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in thieve (eehitv).

Definitions for thieve

verb (used with object)

  1. to take by theft; steal.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a thief; commit theft; steal.

Origin of thieve

before 950; Old English thēofian, derivative of theōf thief (not recorded in ME)

Examples for thieve

I never did such a thing as thieve, Sir, if you'll believe me.

I tell you again, I shrank from the horror of hearing you lie, after the horror of seeing you thieve.

Most of them thieve when they have an opportunity, and this you will have to guard against.

Only they shall not starve, they shall not thieve, they shall not be sweated.

They break into the wells as rats do into granaries, and thieve the water.

The leaders will thieve and collaborate with organized crime.

At the Bagne, you were in a good school for learning how to thieve?

But what of a man who will take a gift with one hand and thieve with the other?

There will be fences about the fields, and no Indians to thieve and kill.

Let them know,' she said grandly, 'what awaits those who skulk and those who thieve.

Word Value for thieve
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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