"thieve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /θiːv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thieve.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thieves [present, singular, third-person], thieving [participle, present], thieved [participle, past], thieved [past]
enPR: thēv Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: From Middle English *theven (found in Middle English thevinge (“thieving”)), from Old English þēofian, ġeþēofian, ġeþīefian (“to thieve, steal”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*theven}} Middle English *theven, {{noncog|enm|thevinge|t=thieving}} Middle English thevinge (“thieving”), {{inh|en|ang|þēofian}} Old English þēofian, {{m|ang|ġeþēofian}} ġeþēofian, {{m|ang|ġeþīefian|t=to thieve, steal}} ġeþīefian (“to thieve, steal”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} thieve (third-person singular simple present thieves, present participle thieving, simple past and past participle thieved)
  1. (intransitive) To commit theft. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms: steal, rob Related terms: theft, thief, thievery, thieving, theftable, thieve out Translations (commit theft): سَرَقَ (saraqa) (Arabic), крада (krada) (Bulgarian), ŝteli (Esperanto), varastaa (Finnish), voler (French), stehlen (German), rubare (Italian), tāhae (Maori), kaiā (Maori), whānako (Maori), roubar (Portuguese), ворова́ть (vorovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сворова́ть (svorovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), красть (krastʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), укра́сть (ukrástʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ukrasti (Serbo-Croatian), robar (Spanish), stjäla (Swedish), stilim (Tok Pisin), tifön (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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