thieving

thieve

T0164400 (thēv)tr. & intr.v. thieved, thiev·ing, thieves To take (something) by theft or commit theft.

---

[Perhaps from Old English thēofian, from thēof, thief.]

thieving

(ˈθiːvɪŋ) adjgiven to stealing other people's possessions

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"larceny, stealing, theft, thieverybreach of trust with fraudulent intent - larceny after trust rather than after unlawful takingfelony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation, misapplication, defalcation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone elsepilferage - the act of stealing small amounts or small articlesshoplifting, shrinkage - the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"robbery - larceny by threat of violencebiopiracy - biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own usegrand larceny, grand theft - larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)petit larceny, petty, petty larceny - larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)skimming - failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on itrustling - the stealing of cattle
Adj.	1.	thieving - given to thieverythievishdishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

thieving

noun1. theft, stealing, robbery, burglary, shoplifting, embezzlement, pilfering, larceny an ex-con who says he's given up thievingadjective1. dishonest, bent (informal), crooked (informal), light-fingered, larcenous, thievish a thieving grocer who put sand in the sugar

Translations

furto