| 单词 | thieving |
| 释义 | thieving (once / 5073 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY thieving: thievings+/thieve: thieved, thievery, thieving, thievish/thievery: thieveries/thievish: thievishly, thievishness USAGE EXAMPLESSpeck of food the thieving Grinch left in the Who household, a speck that was “even too small for a mouse.” Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) “We are noticing a rise in criminality; we are seeing thieving and murders due to this rising influx.” The Guardian(Nov 01, 2016) Asked his reaction to needling about his horse thieving and alleged reckless killings, he notes he was about to lose his “cherubic demeanor.” Seattle Times(Oct 02, 2016) 1n the act of taking something from someone unlawfully the thieving is awful at Kennedy International Syn|Hypo|Hyper larceny, stealing, theft, thievery breach of trust with fraudulent intent larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculationthe fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else pilferagethe act of stealing small amounts or small articles shoplifting, shrinkagethe act of stealing goods that are on display in a store robberylarceny by threat of violence biopiracybiological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use grand larceny, grand theftlarceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale) petit larceny, petty, petty larcenylarceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) skimmingfailure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it rustlingthe stealing of cattle raidan attempt by speculators to defraud investors plunderagethe act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickuprobbery at gunpoint caper, joba crime (especially a robbery) dacoity, dakoityrobbery by a gang of armed dacoits heist, rip-offthe act of stealing highjacking, hijackingrobbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force highway robberyrobbery of travellers on or near a public road rollingthe act of robbing a helpless person felony a serious crime (such as murder or arson) 2adj given to thievery Syn thievish dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
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