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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
thieving
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He supplemented his income by poaching, gambling and out-and-out thieving.
▪ I suspected about his thieving, but I couldn't prove it at that stage.
▪ She gave examples of their thieving, drinking, and other bad habits.
▪ Some are drawn into a life of crime: petty thieving, drugs trafficking etc.
▪ What he said about thieving - it's important.
▪ What income he has comes from heroin, extortion and other people's thieving.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thieving

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.

Wiktionary
thieving
  1. That thieves; that steals. n. The action of theft. v

  2. (present participle of thieve English)

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

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

Usage examples of "thieving".

After a year's absence from thieving, rangering, or any other kind of action, he was more than ready to heft a balanced weapon in his hand.

He believes that, with his rangering and thieving skills, he can get it.

It had been more than a year since he'd practiced thieving, the trade he'd taken up when he met Tempest, more than a year since the bastard assassins had killed her over some goods he and she had stolen from a member of the assassins' guild.

His thieving skills allowed him to estimate the possible takes available in the room.

Striding right up to the front door went against every thieving bone in Ren's body, but he could feel a rush of excitement as he pulled out one of his short swords and prepared to lead the way.

The side doors are also magically guarded, but I've brought my thieving tools along.

The hexagon itself was of pure gold, and Tarl and Shal agreed that Ren should take it, since he was no longer thieving for a living, but they found nothing else of value in the dragon's lair.

Lying, thieving, conniving, and begging were only a few of the talents I acquired.

In there or you'll curse the mothers you never knew for giving you birth—you murdering, thieving, pimping hijodeputa.

Even thieving, murdering léperos make it there as long as they repent at the end.

The smell of the spices was exotic and tempted the thieving lépero in me.

He sees something in you beyond the lying, thieving lépero I know you to be.

He asked as well that the Caliph send spies to the places where the Harpers make their secret havens, and to the places where the dead are left for Kelemvor, and to all other places where the servant of thieving Oghma might seek refuge.

Silvanus Treefather, God of Wild Nature, also saw fit to attend, as did Oghma, thieving God of Wisdom.

Perhaps thieving Oghma had sent him to capture me, as I was the spy who had discovered the Cyrinishad's arrival.