Stealing can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | ||
| steal - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" | ||
| steal - steal a base | ||
Noun |
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| stealing - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" | ||
| stealing - avoiding detection by moving carefully |
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| 1. | verb | While some looters are stealing non-essential goods, others are simply trying to find food and water. | |
| 2. | verb | They either: a) don't want to give it to me because they don't want me purchasing the dress elsewhere or b) are recreating the dresses themselves (ie STEALING other designers' dress designs and "filling the orders" by their own seamstresses). | |
| 3. | verb | You have no grounds for accusing Jill of stealing the stock certificates. | |
| 4. | verb | Lying and stealing live next door to each other. | |
| 5. | verb | The child who was caught stealing apples bravely faced the music in accepting his punishment. | |
| 6. | verb | If they hadn't found the vase, John would have been accused of stealing it. | |
| 7. | verb | If the vase is not found, John may be accused of stealing it. | |
| 8. | verb | He was caught in the very act of stealing it. | |
| 9. | verb | The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle. | |
| 10. | verb | The farmer caught the boy stealing the apples in his orchard. | |
| 11. | verb | I'll let you off this time, but I don't ever want to catch you stealing again. | |
| 12. | verb | I confessed to stealing the money. | |
| 13. | verb | I caught the man stealing the money. | |
| 14. | verb | I forgave the boy for stealing the money from the safe. | |
| 15. | verb | I caught my son stealing from a cookie jar. | |
| 16. | noun | He was spotted stealing cookies. | |
| 17. | noun | The sight of the money tempted him into stealing. | |
| 18. | noun | They must have suspected me of stealing. | |
| 19. | noun | He was caught in the act of stealing. | |
| 20. | noun | Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing. | |
| 21. | noun | He accused the man of stealing. | |
| 22. | noun | He blamed the man for stealing. | |
| 23. | noun | He was fired for stealing. | |
| 24. | noun | He is guilty of stealing. | |
| 25. | noun | He was detected in the very act of stealing. | |
| 26. | noun | He descended to stealing. | |
| 27. | noun | She was driven to stealing by hunger. | |
| 28. | noun | She is guilty of stealing. | |
| 29. | noun | She is bitterly ashamed of her son for stealing. | |
| 30. | noun | Tom accused the employee of stealing. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| While some looters are stealing non-essential goods, others are simply trying to find food and water. |
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| They either: a) don't want to give it to me because they don't want me purchasing the dress elsewhere or b) are recreating the dresses themselves (ie STEALING other designers' dress designs and "filling the orders" by their own seamstresses). |
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| You have no grounds for accusing Jill of stealing the stock certificates. | |
| Lying and stealing live next door to each other. | |
| The child who was caught stealing apples bravely faced the music in accepting his punishment. | |
| If they hadn't found the vase, John would have been accused of stealing it. | |
| If the vase is not found, John may be accused of stealing it. | |
| He was caught in the very act of stealing it. | |
| The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle. | |
| The farmer caught the boy stealing the apples in his orchard. | |
| I'll let you off this time, but I don't ever want to catch you stealing again. | |
| I confessed to stealing the money. | |
| I caught the man stealing the money. | |
| I forgave the boy for stealing the money from the safe. | |
| I caught my son stealing from a cookie jar. | |
| noun | |
| He was spotted stealing cookies. | |
| The sight of the money tempted him into stealing. | |
| They must have suspected me of stealing. | |
| He was caught in the act of stealing. | |
| Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing. | |
| He accused the man of stealing. | |
| He blamed the man for stealing. | |
| He was fired for stealing. | |
| He is guilty of stealing. | |
| He was detected in the very act of stealing. | |
| He descended to stealing. | |
| She was driven to stealing by hunger. | |
| She is guilty of stealing. | |
| She is bitterly ashamed of her son for stealing. | |
| Tom accused the employee of stealing. | |