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What does thievish mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having a tendency to steal.
  2. Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
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But foxes were left, and they were extremely inquisitive and thievish.
Or again, why blame a lying, thievish Isosceles when you ought rather to deplore the incurable inequality of his sides?
Are you talking about the thievish doings of organized crime, all those gangs we keep hearing about?
Nor did we turn out noticeably more thievish, drug-addled, or unmotivated than nice suburban kids.
There are a great many kinds, but all are mischievous, troublesome, and thievish.
O that treacherous, that thievish sleep, which had robbed him of his golden chance!

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