thieving

thiev |ing |ˈθiːvɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] keen to steal; thievish: securing the zip on my backpack against thieving fingers | get lost, you thieving swine. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of stealing; theft: he supplemented his income with petty thieving.

thieving

thieving noun See theft.

thieving

thieving noun some are drawn into a life of crime and petty thieving: theft, stealing, thievery, robbery, larceny, pilfering, pilferage; burglary, shoplifting, looting; misappropriation, expropriation, embezzlement; rare peculation, defalcation. ▶adjective Harry was a thieving, foul-mouthed old man: light-fingered, thievish, larcenous; dishonest; informal sticky-fingered, crooked, bent; rare furacious, kleptic, theftuous. ANTONYMS honest.

thieving

thiev ing /θíːvɪŋ /名詞 U ｟主に英 くだけて やや古 ｠盗み ; 泥棒をすること .形容詞 盗みの ; 泥棒の .