Definition of "thievish"

thievish

adjective
comparative more thievish, superlative most thievish
1. Having a tendency to steal.
  Quotations
  I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath,On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain.And of that false Coſroe, my traiterous brother,Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?And haue a thouſand horſmen tane away?
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act II, scene ii
2. Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
  Quotations
  What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food,Or with a base and boist'rous sword enforceA thievish living on the common road?
  c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iii], lines 675-77