- present participle of thieve.
thieving
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town,” Nelson wrote late last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The seeds were there—not to make the case that Bankman-Fried was innocent or a victim of circumstance, but that he was the type of thieving fraud worthy of some extra consideration.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2024
Surveillance video depicting the accused robbers and their purported thieving was posted on Twitter by the Irvine Police Department.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Theo is a 13-year-old Siamese cross who has been terrorising parts of Ipswich with his thieving ways and embarrassing his owners for years.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2022
Indeed, a sizable faction refused to accept the fact that two unknown men, two thieving strangers, were solely responsible.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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