- present participle of thieve.
thieving
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Alcutt recently encountered a woman who was part of a suspected thieving group processing stolen copper in an encampment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
By contrast, the 1974 James Caan/Alan Arkin buddy cop movie “Freebie and the Bean” became one of her favorite movies, thanks to its thieving female impersonator.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024
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
“A squirrel who writes poetry? Pah! Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails! They’re bullies who steal food from innocent birds.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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