...At first it was generally reported that the invaders were Wahehe, or the Wadirigo, as that tribe are scornfully called from their thieving propensities...
Henry M. Stanley 「How I Found Livingstone」
...When the hero devotes himself to the trade of thieving,his most glorious achievement is robbing the king's horse...
Angelo de Gubernatis 「Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)」
...But when a cat does take to thieving for a livelihood, she becomes quite a swell at it—shows how clever she is...
Gordon Stables 「The Domestic Cat」
..."Damned thieving, murdering, head-huntingscoundrels!" the governor growled savagely...
John Charles Beecham 「The Argus Pheasant」
...The ill-interpreted exploit of the thieving pill-roller sets me on myguard against that of the undertaker...
Jean Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles」
...The exploit—so ill-interpreted—of the thieving pill-roller sets me onmy guard against that of the undertaker...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...But he thieves by night when other birds areabed, and as they practise their own thieving by opendaylight, it may be that they are denouncing him asan impostor...
William J. Long 「Ways of Wood Folk」
...You dog! You thieving intruder!You—”...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930」
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