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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