thieve
verb (used with object)
to take by theft; steal.
was thieving
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past progressiveof thieve.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Luna was aware that Firmstone knew that there was thieving, and was morally certain as to who were the thieves, but lacked convincing proof.
From The Blue Goose by Frank Lewis Nason
It was thieving; in some way it was even worse than that; as if she had committed a—a forgery, maybe, Roxy thought.
From Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories by Sophie May Farman
The aggrieved party had complained to some of the other children, who said that it was thieving for one child to take any thing from another child, without his consent.
From The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age by Samuel Wilderspin
