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stealing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stealth |
| Type of | concealing, concealment, hiding |
| Derivation | steal |
stealing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | larceny, theft, thievery, thieving |
| Type of | felony |
| Has types | grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, petit larceny, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, biopiracy, skimming, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation, embezzlement |
| Derivation | steal |
Examples of stealing
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Frederick Searcy, 76, of Beverly Hills, was charged Monday with felony stealing.
From the stltoday.com
Rollins had accused Little of stealing tools, according to Montgomery officials.
From the washingtonpost.com
He admitted stealing small amounts almost every Sunday during an 11-year period.
From the upi.com
Toronto and Louisiana, among other places, were stealing business from New York.
From the businessweek.com
A grand jury last year charged him with stealing about $350,000 from his office.
From the kentucky.com
They did it anyway, because, well, a monkey stealing a pen on camera is awesome.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
The man is accused of stealing shirts, jeans, coffee and juice on two occasions.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Maruca said Hawkins told her he was accused of stealing $17 from the restaurant.
From the omaha.com
We decided to switch the roles of our actors so the male actor did the stealing.
From the abcnews.go.com
- Bargain: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
- Take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
- A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- Move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
- Steal a base
- (stealing) larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
- In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is delivering the ball to home plate. In baseball statistics, stolen bases are denoted by SB.
- In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally gains control of the ball from an offensive player. This can be done by deflecting and controlling, catching, or batting (to a teammate) a pass or dribble of an offensive player. ...
- Steal (originally titled Riders) is a 2002 action film starring Stephen Dorff, Natasha Henstridge, Bruce Payne and Steven Berkoff. It was directed by Gu00E9rard Piru00E8s and written by Mark Ezra and Gu00E9rard Piru00E8s.
