Category:Thievish

Thiev"ish, a.

1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a Thievish magpie.

2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. Time's thievish progress to eternity. Shak.

3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; Dishonest; as, a thievish practice. Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce a thievish living on the Common road. Shak. -- thiev"ish*ly, adv. -- thiev"ish*ness, n.