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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thievish |
| Synonyms: | criminal, crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal, light-fingered, pilfering, piratic, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, sticky-fingered |
| Main Entry: | thieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal, larcenous, light-fingered, pilfering, piratic, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, sticky-fingered, thievish |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, philanthropic |
| Main Entry: | thievish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to thievery |
| Synonyms: | crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal, larcenous, light-fingered, pilfering, piratic, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly*, spoliative, stealing, stealthy, sticky-fingered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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