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# thievish

adjective (more thievish, most thievish)

«thievish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Thievish means fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thievish/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a crowd, a character or a way of living that steals or cheats; in tales a sly, stealing gang or king who has given up bad, thievish ways

### Examples

- "The thievish rabble!" said the Thistle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thievish/#x1)
- Pinkel gave up his bad and thievish ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thievish/#x2)
- A thievish fox crept into the hen house at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thievish/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thievish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thievish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thievish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thievish.html) on Mova free.