thieving

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiːvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːvɪŋ

thieving

1. present participle and gerund of thieve

thieving (not comparable)

1. That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
   • 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,"

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."