The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STEALING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1982.
Thievish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
STEALING | 33 % | 8 |
PIRATICAL | 33 % | 9 |
STEALY | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thievish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- thieving
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- theftuous
- furacious
- murderous
- knavish
- pilferer
- avaricious
- pilferers
- varlets
- larcenous
Crossword Answer definitions
STEALING verb- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
- (of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- To acquire at a low price.
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly.
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- To dispossess
- To borrow for a short moment.
- The action of the verb to steal, theft.
- (chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STEALING
- Base-runner's skill
- See 86-Across
- Baserunner's activity
- Baserunner's "crime"
- Theft.
- Taking by subtle means.
- Larceny.
- Moving furtively
- Thievish
- Rickey Henderson specialty
More clues leading to the result PIRATICAL
- Like corporate raiders' behavior
- Larcenous
- Given to plundering
- Engaged in pelagic depredation.
- Reminiscent of Kidd.
- Describing the men of Penzance.
- Published illegally.
- Thievish.