thieve
verb (used with object)
to take by theft; steal.
had been thieving
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past perfect progressiveof thieve.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Then he went down-stairs and out the front door as stealthily as if he had been thieving.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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