thieving

Plural: thievings

Noun

• The act of stealing or habitually engaging in theft.
• the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  • "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
• The action of theft.

Verb

• take by theft
• present participle and gerund of thieve

Adjective Satellite

• given to thievery

Adj

• That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal

Examples

• His THIEVING of words from the dictionary was an unspoken, yet effective, Scrabble strategy.

Synonyms

cop, glom, hook, knock off, larceny, snitch, stealing, theft, thieve, thievery, thievish

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