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Definition of thieving in English: thievingadjectiveˈθiːvɪŋ attributive Keen to steal; thievish. securing the zip on my backpack against thieving fingers get lost, you thieving swine Example sentencesExamples - Police are also hunting a boy aged about 12 who ran off after the thieving monkey.
- But private property was not safe from his thieving hands.
- Everything we need to know about Leftists - that they are hate-filled, thieving, dangerous thugs.
- Some, especially in the provinces, unmasked bullying and thieving local officials who had been exploiting the people.
- Insults go with the territory, I have no problem with people calling me a thieving, parasite dog.
- Those devious, thieving bastards were expecting Dan to pay 90,000 Rupees to be driven 500 kilometers.
- He's no mate of mine the thieving git!
- I would like to shame the spineless, thieving moron who on April 5 stole my little girl's books from the toilets in Morrisons.
- An 1823 letter by John C. Calhoun was offered on eBay and led to the discovery of a thieving archivist.
- Angela's public world and Ronnie's very private life collide with an assortment of thieving politicos, power-hungry businessmen, and ruthless clergy.
- I'll be sleeping with one eye open around every one of you sneaky puling horse thieving bastards.
- There's no economic theory to explain it, other than the theory that the inhabitants are grasping thieving swine.
- My Mother always talked about them and their nests as if a caravan of thieving gypsies had set up camp in the back yard.
- Thieving pensioners are a new social phenomenon, apparently.
- A 27-year-old heroin addict found himself in the grip of a police dog after going on a late-night thieving expedition.
- Forget all that, forget any sort of reasonable discussion, let's just call them thieving scroungers again.
- The colonel begged me to accompany him to the guard-room, to see the thieving soldier flogged.
- But I do fear in approving its publication you've probably made yourself Captain Nasty for generations of thieving welfarists.
- I didn't want any thieving, shifty-eyed shepherds near our inn.
- All in all, a different picture from Corwin's portrayal of the credible, kindly dad and the thieving, abusive mom.
Synonyms light-fingered, thievish, larcenous
noun ˈθiːvɪŋ mass nounThe action of stealing; theft. he supplemented his income with petty thieving Example sentencesExamples - The Boy remains behind and comments on the cowardice and petty thieving of his associates, whom he plans to leave.
- She resolves to stop thieving on day.
- Proceeds from his thieving at shops in Lyneham and Wroughton had been used to buy his drugs, she said.
- He added that car crimes were more often occurring at night and cars were often stolen Thursday through to Saturday while thieving from cars was more general.
- In these conditions, thieving from the state and 'beating the system' were the things to do to survive.
- We are not talking about spontaneous outbreaks of opportunitistic thieving.
- The movie is brimming with witchcraft and wizardry, temptation and all manner of nasty people killing, maiming and thieving.
- In interviews across Baghdad, though, Iraqis said the widespread thieving affected them at least as powerfully on an emotional and moral level.
- Boosting is taking something that you haven't paid for - stealing, shoplifting, thieving, racking - hustling.
- To be caught thieving didn't bear thinking about.
- Those caught thieving something worth more than the price of a goat are sentenced to lose a hand.
- Now that he was done with the thieving, he had to get down.
- It was David who told us you could go to jail for thieving from the age of 13 onwards.
- We want crime rates to drop and steps to be taken to convince young criminals that there is an alternative to thieving and breaking the law.
- A lot of them go out, do car-urging, car-snatches, you know, or some of them go out thieving.
- With her drinking and thieving, his mother proved a lifelong source of embarrassment.
- I fully expected a ho-hum exclusive concerning a tugged pigtail or some apple thieving.
- One major crime is prostitution and the other is thieving.
- Thieving was fun; thieving from people Shan disliked was best of all.
- I submit that what has been going on her isn't so much a disease as a moral failing, just as lying and thieving are moral failings.
Synonyms theft, stealing, thievery, robbery, larceny, pilfering, pilferage
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