thieve
/θiːv/
thieve verb: to commit theft.
Verb
thieve (third-person singular simple present thieves, present participle thieving, simple past and past participle thieved)
- To commit theft.
thieve meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic
thieve in Urdu
- چرانا, سرقہ کرنا
thieve in Malayalam
- കക്കുക, മോഷ്ടിക്കുക, തട്ടിയെടുക്കുക
thieve in Arabic
- commit theft
- سَرَقَ saraqa
Examples of thieve in a sentence
- He could get sent to jail for breaking in like a thieving fidlam ben.
- He knew a rhyme about Rio, its thieving cariocas who wore sparkling wedding dresses.
- Mama Shirley was at the foot of the stairs hollering “Halt, you nasty, thieving Boogen!”
Synonyms of thieve
Forms of thieve
| third-person singular present | thieves |
|---|---|
| present participle | thieving |
| past participle | thieved |
| past | thieved |
Origin of thieve
From Middle English *theven [found in Middle English thevinge (“thieving”)], from Old English þēofian, ġeþēofian, ġeþīefian (“to thieve, steal”).
Words formed from thieve
Words that rhyme with thieve
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- eve
- grieve
- Kharkiv
- breve
- conceive
- naive
- neve
- Pishchiv
- weave
- keeve
- Neave
- Piskiv
- reeve
- screeve
- skeeve
- aggrieve
- beleave
- French leave
- greave
- interweave
- perceive
- reave
- seave
- sheave
- shrieve
- sleave
- steeve
- steve
- take French leave
- Abib
- beeve
- deceive
- dreve
- Dutch leave
- eave
- gneeve
- khedive
- nieve
- peeve
- preconceive
- rebelieve
- reperceive
- transceive
- we've
- Yves
Questions about thieve
- What does thieve mean?
- Thieve means to commit theft.
- What is thieve in Urdu?
- Thieve in Urdu is چرانا, سرقہ کرنا. See Thieve meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is thieve?
- Thieve is a verb.
- How do you pronounce thieve?
- Thieve is pronounced /θiːv/.
- What is the past tense of thieve?
- The past tense of thieve is thieved.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thieve (page history and authors); thieve (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thieve (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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