Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of thieve
- not comparableThat thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
The landlady was "a desperately mean old specimen... who employed a very thieving set of servants,"
2001, Mary Elizabeth Massey, George C. Rable, Refugee life in the Confederacy1 more example
From her point of view, sex itself, or sexual awareness, is the thief that stole away her innocence (which completes the picture of Thomas's totally thieving world).
1966, William T. Moynihan, The craft and art of Dylan Thomas
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegiven to thievery
nounthe act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish varasteleva, varastaminen
- varastelevathat steals
- varastaminenaction of theft
- varasteluaction of theft
German diebisch
- diebischthat steals
Icelandic stelvís
- stelvísthat steals
Irish bradach, bradaíl
- bradachthat steals
- bradaílaction of theft
- gadaíochtaction of theft
- ropaireachtaction of theft
Italian ladresco
- ladrescothat steals
Latin fūrax
- fūraxthat steals
Norwegian Bokmål tyvaktig
- tyvaktigthat steals
Polish złodziejski, złodziejstwo
- złodziejskithat steals
- złodziejstwoaction of theft
Scottish Gaelic mèirle
- mèirleaction of theft
Swedish tjuvaktig, stöld
- tjuvaktigthat steals
- stöldaction of theft
- tjuveriaction of theft
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thieving
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thieving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thieving
“thieving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thieving. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thieving,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thieving.
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