stealing in English

verb

1

take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

thieves stole her bicycle

synonyms: theft, thieving, thievery, robbery, larceny, burglary, shoplifting, pilfering, pilferage, looting, misappropriation, embezzlement, peculation, purloin, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, run off with, abscond with, carry off, shoplift, embezzle, misappropriate, walk off with, rob, swipe, snatch, nab, rip off, lift, “liberate”, “borrow”, filch, pinch, heist, nick, peculate

2

move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously.

he stole down to the kitchen

synonyms: creep, sneak, slink, slip, slide, glide, tiptoe, sidle, edge

noun

theft, thieving, thievery, robbery, larceny, burglary, shoplifting, pilfering, pilferage, looting, misappropriation, embezzlement, peculation
larceny, thievery, thieving, theft
stealth

verb

purloin, plagiarize, snatch, creep, slip
purloin, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, run off with, abscond with, carry off, shoplift, embezzle, misappropriate, walk off with, rob, swipe, snatch, nab, rip off, lift, “liberate”, “borrow”, filch, pinch, heist, nick, peculate
plagiarize, copy, pass off as one's own, pirate, poach, borrow, rip off, lift, pinch, crib, nick
snatch, sneak, get stealthily/surreptitiously
creep, sneak, slink, slip, slide, glide, tiptoe, sidle, edge
slip

Use "stealing" in a sentence

1. He wasn't stealing.

2. Stealing from travellers.

3. Stealing and killing.

4. I'm not about stealing.

5. Why were you stealing shoes?

6. He was punished for stealing.

7. Stealing my truck was your idea?

8. The pupil was expelled for stealing.

9. Stealing reflects dishonour on your family.

10. He got the sack for stealing.

11. That whore is stealing my date!

12. The jury acquitted him of stealing.

13. This man was exiled for stealing.

14. So we're stealing his clients too?

15. A painting that we dreamt of stealing.

16. Chris kept stealing furtive glances at me.

17. He preferred to die instead of stealing.

18. He was dismissed for stealing bicycle parts.

19. The boy was cruelly flogged for stealing.

20. He exculpate himself from stealing the money.

21. Dad, I'm tired of running and stealing.

22. But the top brass is stealing it.

23. He spilt out his story of stealing.

24. For stealthily stealing my sympathy before, too.

25. Kleptomania is a mania for stealing things.

26. Messenger boys stealing to put on sixpence.

27. Lagos police Arraigns worker for stealing beer

28. Somebody's been stealing his fucking kerosene too.

29. Frank framed him for stealing state secrets.

30. Lying, stealing, dishonesty and cruelty are sins.

31. Plagiarist is always suspicious of stealing from.

32. 14 I'm stealing that for Stirrup Cup!

33. He was charged with stealing a jeep.

34. How would you punish somebody for stealing?

35. A delicious languor was stealing over him.

36. She accused him of stealing her bicycle.

37. 15 She accused him of stealing her bicycle.

38. Why should we observe the precept against stealing?

39. The Bible says that stealing is a sin.

40. I canceled my subscription because they kept stealing-

41. He was caught in the act of stealing.

42. This is for stealing my dad' s job

43. Bootlegging might be profitable, but it is stealing.

44. They dismounted the general by stealing his horse.

45. She was arrested for Allegedly stealing a car

46. Stealing from thieves, that's what I love best!

47. She admitted stealing the money from her employers.

48. Stealing has become that rascal's second nature. Sentencedict.com

49. Of course, it's not just about stealing things.

50. He freed himself of the charge of stealing.