thievish

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As his friends and rivals well knew, he was a thievish genius.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2010

In the dark, his thievish eyes glow with unshed 419 tears.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 28, 2009

On the other hand there are also some of the most false, lying, thievish rascals, the like of which I could not have believed lived on earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

When I hear from you that you would like to have another letter from me, I will write from time to time and let you know the latest news of these thievish wretches.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

All winter long we have quantities of saucy-looking little sparrows here, and they have the most thievish expression when they fly down for a crumb.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy