as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
someone's been thieving my cookies!
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Across roughly two months, the cameras collected data — though some fell victim to storm water or thieving raccoons, Ivory said.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
The case should therefore be taken away from Moro and given to an impartial ICAC-style commission—not in order to protect corrupt politicians or thieving construction bosses but for the sake of the rule of law and human rights, and to prevent prosecutions from turning into persecutions.
—Geoffrey Robertson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2017
Once a brilliant toymaker, Jeronicus Jangle (Forest Whitaker) has lost his notebook full of ideas thanks to his thieving former apprentice (a delightfully sinister Keegan-Michael Key).
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Which heaps further discredit on Keynes’s observation that governments thieve wealth stealthily with inflation.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
The case should therefore be taken away from Moro and given to an impartial ICAC-style commission—not in order to protect corrupt politicians or thieving construction bosses but for the sake of the rule of law and human rights, and to prevent prosecutions from turning into persecutions.
—Geoffrey Robertson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2017
Once a brilliant toymaker, Jeronicus Jangle (Forest Whitaker) has lost his notebook full of ideas thanks to his thieving former apprentice (a delightfully sinister Keegan-Michael Key).
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Which heaps further discredit on Keynes’s observation that governments thieve wealth stealthily with inflation.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for thieve
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“Thieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thieve. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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