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thieve (v.)
Old English
þeofian
"to thieve, steal," from
þeof
(see
thief
). Rare in Old English, rarer in Middle English, not common until 17c.; perhaps the modern word is a late 16c. re-formation.
Thieving
(adj.) first attested 1520s.
