thieving
adjective
[ ˈθiːvɪŋ ]
• keen to steal; thievish.
• "securing the zip on my backpack against thieving fingers"
thieving
noun
• the action of stealing; theft.
• "he supplemented his income with petty thieving"
thieve
verb
• be a thief; steal something.
• "they began thieving again"
Similar:
steal,
purloin,
take,
take for oneself,
help oneself to,
loot,
pilfer,
abscond with,
run off with,
appropriate,
abstract,
carry off,
shoplift,
embezzle,
misappropriate,
walk off/away with,
run away/off with,
rob,
swipe,
nab,
rip off,
lift,
liberate,
filch,
snaffle,
snitch,
souvenir,
nick,
pinch,
half-inch,
whip,
knock off,
nobble,
bone,
scrump,
blag,
heist,
glom,
snavel,
clifty,
tief,
crib,
hook,
peculate,
defalcate,
walk,
go walkies,
theft,
stealing,
thievery,
robbery,
larceny,
pilfering,
pilferage,
burglary,
shoplifting,
looting,
misappropriation,
expropriation,
embezzlement,
peculation,
defalcation,
light-fingered,
thievish,
larcenous,
dishonest,
sticky-fingered,
nimble-fingered,
crooked,
bent,
furacious,
kleptic,
theftuous,
Origin:
Old English thēofian, from thēof ‘thief’. Transitive uses began in the late 17th century.
