thieving

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːvɪŋ

Verb

thieving

1. Present participle of thieve.

Adjective

thieving (not comparable)

1. That thieves; that steals.
   • 1966, William T. Moynihan, The craft and art of Dylan Thomas:

     From her point of view, sex itself, or sexual awareness, is the thief that stole away her innocence (which completes the picture of Thomas's totally thieving world).

   • 2001, Mary Elizabeth Massey, George C. Rable, Refugee life in the Confederacy:

     The landlady was "a desperately mean old specimen... who employed a very thieving set of servants,"

Translations

that steals

• Finnish: varasteleva (fi)
• Icelandic: stelvís (is)

• Macedonian: крадлив (mk) (krádliv) m

Noun

thieving (usually uncountable; plural thievings)

1. The action of theft.
   • 1910, Amy McLaren, Bawbee Jock:

     "There's nothing to spend your thievings on up here."

Translations

action of theft

• Finnish: varastaminen (fi), varastelu (fi)
• Macedonian: кражба (mk) (krážba) f

• Scottish Gaelic: mèirle (gd) f