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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully;
- Example: "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
[syn: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. given to thievery;
[syn: thieving(a), thievish]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thieve \Thieve\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Thieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Thieving.] [AS. ge[thorn]e['o]fian.] To practice theft; to steal. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thieving adj 1: given to thievery [syn: thieving(a), thievish] n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "thieving": brigandish, burglarious, fraudulent, kleptomaniac, larcenous, larceny, light-fingered, pinch, piratelike, piratic, purloining, steal, stealage, stealing, sticky-fingered, thievery, thievish, touch