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Definition of Stealing
1. Noun. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. "The thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
Specialized synonyms: Breach Of Trust With Fraudulent Intent, Defalcation, Embezzlement, Misapplication, Misappropriation, Peculation, Pilferage, Shoplifting, Shrinkage, Robbery, Biopiracy, Grand Larceny, Grand Theft, Petit Larceny, Petty, Petty Larceny, Skimming, Rustling
Generic synonyms: Felony
Derivative terms: Larcener, Larcenist, Steal, Thieve, Thieve
2. Noun. Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
Generic synonyms: Concealing, Concealment, Hiding
Derivative terms: Steal, Stealthy
Definition of Stealing
1. n. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
Definition of Stealing
1. Noun. The action of the verb ''to steal''. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic mostly plural) That which is stolen; stolen property. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of steal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stealing
1. the act of one that steals [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stealing
Literary usage of Stealing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"By the above statute punishments are also prescribed for the stealing, destroying,
wilfully detaining, delaying, or unlawfully opening of post-letters, ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1822)
"William Parker was indicted for stealing 4 cocks, 17 hens, 5 ducks, 15 drakes,
... Barbara Hensley was indicted for stealing n gold watch, and a gold chain, ..."
3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1893)
"Criminal Trials (continued). Long Chas., for stealing, 2 ш 13 s Love, Annie, for
Assault, l l'12 d Lowe. Arthur, for stealing. 27 a 13 f Lynch. ..."
4. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"stealing and Race Prejudice Ku Klux Report, South Carolina testimony, p. 797.
... [1871] THEY take up a negro whom they know has been guilty of stealing, ..."
5. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"The crime of burglary is of two sorts, 1 st, breaking and entering a dwelling-house
in the night-time, and stealing goods there: yd, breaking and entering a ..."
6. The poetical works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1827)
"Thus in the stilly night, Ere Slumbers chain has bound me. Sad Memory brings the
light Of other days around me. HARK ! THE VESPER HYMN IS stealing. ..."
7. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"Charged on suspicion of stealing a piece of Chintz, the property of Wm. ...
Charged with stealing a Cow, the property of Thomas Wilkey, also Charged with ..."
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