thieve

English

Etymology

From Middle English *theven [found in Middle English thevinge (“thieving”)], from Old English þēofian, ġeþēofian, ġeþīefian (“to thieve, steal”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thēv, IPA^(key): /θiːv/

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• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

thieve (third-person singular simple present thieves, present participle thieving, simple past and past participle thieved)

1. (intransitive) To commit theft.

Synonyms

• steal
• rob

Related terms

• theft
• theftable
• thief
• thieve out
• thievery
• thieving

Translations

commit theft

Albanian: the Arabic: سَرَقَ (ar) (saraqa) Bulgarian: крада (bg) (krada) Cornish: ladra Danish: stjæle (da) Esperanto: ŝteli (eo) Finnish: varastaa (fi) French: voler (fr) German: stehlen (de) Italian: rubare (it) Maori: tāhae, kaiā, whānako Polish: kraść (pl) impf, ukraść (pl) pf Portuguese: roubar (pt) Russian: ворова́ть (ru) impf (vorovátʹ), сворова́ть (ru) pf (svorovátʹ), красть (ru) impf (krastʹ), укра́сть (ru) pf (ukrástʹ) Serbo-Croatian: ukrasti (sh) Spanish: robar (es) Swedish: stjäla (sv) Tok Pisin: stilim Volapük: tifön (vo)