1. Given to stealing
   "The thieving servants took many valuables over the years";
   - thievish, larcenous [informal], light-fingered [informal], furacious [archaic]

1. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully
   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International";
   - larceny, theft, thievery, stealing

1. Take by theft
   "He was going to thieve the phone someone had left behind";
   - hook [informal], snitch [informal], cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], boost [N. Amer, informal], pilfer, cabbage [archaic, informal], purloin [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], abstract [informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], sneak [informal], filch [informal], nobble [Brit, informal], lift [informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], whip [Brit, informal], blag [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: thievings

See also: dishonest, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: felony, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal

Encyclopedia: Thieving