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thieving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | larceny, stealing, theft, thievery |
| Type of | felony |
| Has types | embezzlement, grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, biopiracy, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, skimming, petit larceny, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation |
| Derivation | thieve |
the thieving is awful at Kennedy International.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thievish |
Examples of thieving
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In America, light-fingered employees are a bigger problem than thieving shoppers.
From the economist.com
Second of all, imagine the awkwardness when your thieving ways are discovered.
From the him.uk.msn.com
The workers there would be thieving off my truck before I had even come to a stop.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Another example of corruption and rule bending by venal, thieving politicians.
From the guardian.co.uk
W. C. Fields reportedly paid fifty dollars to have a thieving comic's legs broken.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An immoral, unethical, deceptive, dishonorable, dishonest, thieving Malaysian.
From the world.time.com
Following Mr Ribadu's unhappy exit, the hunt for thieving politicians slowed.
From the economist.com
The thieving has gone on for donkeys'years, and going to court was our last resort.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
So did Chicago as a global city, thieving especially from hard-hit Michigan.
From the forbes.com
- Hook: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
- (thieving) larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
- Thieving(a): given to thievery
- (Thieving) In criminal law, theft is the illegal taking of another person's property without that person's freely-given consent. ...
- : To commit theft
- (thieving) The action of theft; That thieves; that steals
