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stealing

/ˈstiːlɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Stealing means: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully.

Synonyms for stealing5

noun, as in the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

larceny, theft, thievery, thieving

noun, as in avoiding detection by moving carefully

stealth

What does stealing mean?2

noun

1

the act of taking something from someone unlawfully“the thieving is awful at Kennedy International”

2

avoiding detection by moving carefully

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stealing?13

three syllables

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Stealing in a sentence

  • Unless caught stealing, one is not a thief.Hybrid
  • If you're stealing my sentences, you're stealing my ideas.Amastan
  • If you don't want people stealing from the self-checkout, you should hire workers.shekitten
  • Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.Hybrid
  • There are only three ways you can live: begging, stealing, or producing something.rul
  • He was caught in the very act of stealing it.unknown
  • The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle.unknown
  • The farmer caught the boy stealing the apples in his orchard.CK

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Forms of stealing

as a noun

plural
stealings