thievishness
Inclination toward pilfering
The quality of being inclined to steal or behave like a thief.
The word suggests a disposition rather than specific acts—someone with thievishness about them seems untrustworthy around valuables: There was a thievishness in his eyes that made her hide her purse.
Unlawful taking of goods
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- pilferageMinor theft of goods
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
pickpocketing · embezzlement · heist · kleptomania · looting · pilfering · filching · purloining
Disposition toward falsehood
- unscrupulousnessLack of ethical restraint
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
greediness · grasping · predatory · opportunism · moral turpitude · crookedness · corruptness · venality
Deliberate misleading behavior
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
fraudulence · dissembling · artifice · cunning · swindling · scamming · hoaxing · charlatanry
Furtive, deceptive quality
- stealthinessUndetectable movement quality
- slynessCunning in manner
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
foxiness · covertness · secretiveness · underhanded · furtive · clandestine · slipperiness · evasiveness
Lack of faith
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- warinessCautious distrust
- guardednessDefensive emotional reserve
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
suspiciousness · doubt · skepticism · watchfulness · caution · apprehension · misgivings · leery
larceny
Unlawful taking of goods
shoplifting · pickpocketing · embezzlement · heist · kleptomania · looting · pilfering · filching · purloining · swiping
dishonesty
Disposition toward falsehood
- unscrupulousnessLack of ethical restraint
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
covetousness · greediness · grasping · predatory · opportunism · moral turpitude · crookedness · corruptness · venality · untrustworthy
duplicity
Deliberate misleading behavior
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
deception · fraudulence · dissembling · artifice · cunning · swindling · scamming · hoaxing · charlatanry · imposture
sneakiness
Furtive, deceptive quality
- stealthinessUndetectable movement quality
- slynessCunning in manner
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
wiliness · foxiness · covertness · secretiveness · underhanded · furtive · clandestine · slipperiness · evasiveness · shadiness
mistrust
Lack of faith
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- warinessCautious distrust
- guardednessDefensive emotional reserve
vigilance · suspiciousness · doubt · skepticism · watchfulness · caution · apprehension · misgivings · leery · untrustworthiness
thievishnesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
integrity · probity · rectitude · uprightness · trustworthiness
thievishnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
liberality · magnanimity · open-handedness · bountifulness · charitableness
thief, thieves, thieving, thievery, thieve, thievish, thieved