Definition for Thieving:

• given to thievery

Synonyms for Thieving:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • thievish.
  •predatory (adjective)
  • marauding,
  • raptorial,
  • vulturine,
  • voracious,
  • greedy,
  • vulturous,
  • carnivorous,
  • Preying,
  • predacious,
  • pillaging,
  • ravening,
  • Depredatory,
  • ravaging,
  • predative,
  • hungry,
  • bloodthirsty,
  • wolfish,
  • hunting,
  • Despoiling,
  • plundering.
  •thieving (adjective)
  • sly,
  • secretive,
  • Spoliative,
  • sticky-fingered,
  • larcenous,
  • crooked,
  • light-fingered,
  • Piratic,
  • rapacious,
  • furtive,
  • kleptomaniacal,
  • Pilfering,
  • stealthy,
  • plunderous.

• n.

  •
  • deceitful,
  • devious,
  • dubious,
  • cunning,
  • untruthful,
  • corrupt,
  • unprincipled,
  • fraudulent,
  • unscrupulous.
  •
  • grand larceny,
  • heist,
  • hijacking,
  • extortion,
  • break in,
  • breaking and entering,
  • carjacking,
  • hold up,
  • identity theft.
  •burglary (noun)
  • caper,
  • theft,
  • break-in,
  • crime,
  • Filching,
  • sting,
  • robbery,
  • prowl.
  •dishonest (noun)
  • dishonest.
  •dishonorable (noun)
  • dishonorable.
  •embezzlement (noun)
  • abstraction,
  • misuse,
  • Purloining,
  • appropriation,
  • skimming,
  • misappropriation,
  • misapplication,
  • fraud.
  •rapacity (noun)
  • maraudings.
  •rip-off (noun)
  • racket,
  • swindle,
  • cheat,
  • gyp.
  •theft (noun)
  • mugging,
  • deprivation,
  • fleece,
  • stickup,
  • shoplifting,
  • Defrauding,
  • Swiping,
  • piracy,
  • muggings,
  • looting,
  • cheating,
  • lootings,
  • Robbing,
  • vandalism,
  • snitch,
  • Swindling,
  • robbings,
  • pillage,
  • annexation,
  • holdup,
  • plunder.
  •thievery (noun)
  • thievery.

• v.

  •thieve (verb)
  • hook,
  • rob,
  • pilfer,
  • rip off,
  • loot,
  • filch,
  • swipe.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • predatory.
  •n.
  • burglary,
  • defalcation,
  • embezzlement,
  • exploitation,
  • felony,
  • housebreaking,
  • larceny,
  • peculation,
  • pilferage,
  • rapacity,
  • thieving,
  • peculations,
  • Skimmings,
  • safecracking,
  • rip-off,
  • defalcations,
  • ripoff,
  • second-story work,
  • owl job.

Paraphrases for Thieving:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    filthy.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    rushing, Robbing, wanting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dirty.

Antonyms for Thieving:

• adj.

  • thieving
    benevolent, philanthropic.

• n.

  • embezzlement
    reimbursement, return, compensation, pay.
  • rip-off
    gift, offering, giving.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    honorable.

• v.

  • thieve
    buy, purchase, give.

Thieving Sentence Examples:

• And then he opened his knapsack and took out his gun and before the thieving crow had flown off more than a mile he dropped that apple pie.

• " My friends," said Lumley, still maintaining, however, something of kindliness in his look of stern gravity, " the Great Master of Life does not love thieving, and no thief will be permitted to enter this store."