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thieving
 
Adjective thieving has 1 sense
  1. thieving, thievish - given to thievery
    Antonyms: honest, honorable (indirect, via dishonest)
Noun thieving has 1 sense
  1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
    --1 is a kind of felony
    --1 has particulars:
     breach of trust with fraudulent intent; embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation; pilferage; shoplifting, shrinkage; robbery; biopiracy; grand larceny, grand theft; petit larceny, petty larceny; skimming; rustling
    Derived form: verb thieve1
Verb thieve has 1 sense
  1. hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
    --1 is one way to steal
    Derived forms: noun thieving1, noun thievery1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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