thieve
Example Sentences
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Alcutt recently encountered a woman who was part of a suspected thieving group processing stolen copper in an encampment.
Is thieving really the best a resourceful ex-soldier can do, though?
He was shot and stabbed on several occasions and killed a thieving female motel owner who ambushed him.
From Los Angeles Times
Nick is bedeviled by his thieving foes, fascinated by them, and now has nothing to lose.
From Los Angeles Times
“Learn how to thieve constructively — for the struggle,” Colin scolds him when Tony is naïvely caught up in a bungled shoplifting caper.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
