thievish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite given to thievery
    thieving.

WordNet

Thiev"ish adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913