Definitions for stealing
steal·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun

   the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

2. stealth, stealingnoun

   avoiding detection by moving carefully

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stealingnoun

   The action of the verb to steal.

2. stealingnoun

   That which is stolen; stolen property.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stealing

   Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word theft is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, or receiving stolen property. In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny, while in others, theft is defined more narrowly. Someone who carries out an act of theft may be described as a "thief" (PL: thieves).Theft is the name of a statutory offence in California, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria.

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1. stealing

   Stealing is the act of taking someone else's property or belongings without their consent or knowledge, with the intention of permanently depriving them of it. It is considered an unlawful and unethical action, and it's generally classified as a criminal activity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stealing

   of Steal

2. Stealingnoun

   the act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny

3. Stealingnoun

   that which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stealing

   The gaining of a rat-line or two in height while waiting on the lower part of the rigging for the order to go aloft. Also, a vessel is said to steal ahead when she moves with the lightest breath of air.

Matched Categories

1. • Concealment

Anagrams for stealing »

1. taglines

2. Galenist

3. gelatins

4. genitals

How to pronounce stealing?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say stealing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stealing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stealing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of stealing in a Sentence

1. Marco Rubio:

   Do I like tariffs as a matter of policy on any given day ? No. What other alternatives do you have to rebalance what has now been 30 years of cheating, lying, stealing and unfairness on behalf of the Chinese ?

2. President Barack Obama on Tuesday:

   There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive, when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. They're not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn down a building, they're committing arson. And they're destroying and undermining businesses and opportunities in their own communities. That robs jobs and opportunity from people in that area.

3. Naama Haviv:

   The perpetrators are breaking into the homes at night and stealing away the girls, violating them sometimes over a number of days, sometimes just that night, and often times returning the children to their homes and to their parents.

4. Vern Buchanan:

   We've been talking about China stealing our technology for 20 years, it's still going on today, I think there's a lot of appetite to crack down on China.

5. Pope Francis:

   This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the world many individuals and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. we should all remember, however, that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stealing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stealing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stealing
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=stealing