Meaning of thiefy | Babel Free

Definitions

Like a thief; thievish; thieving

informal

Examples

“This makes for some pretty funny business, and so does a scene showing the fence stepping forth from a church, where he has presumably been casting a thiefy eye at the sacred vessels, and talking briskly to a henchman about the paint job he wants done on one of his hot commodities.”

“A sullen, thiefy edginess crept over Ardreagh.”

“He picked up the last of the pieces and studied it. It depicted a shadowy figure, crouched and masked. Very thiefy, he noted with a smile. “What about this one? How does it move, and what does it do?””

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