English noun: stealing |
1. | stealing (act) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully |
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| Samples | The thieving is awful at Kennedy International.
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| Synonyms | larceny, theft, thievery, thieving |
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| Broader (hypernym) | felony |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | biopiracy, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation, embezzlement, grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, petit larceny, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, skimming |
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2. | stealing (act) avoiding detection by moving carefully |
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| Synonyms | stealth |
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| Broader (hypernym) | concealing, concealment, hiding |
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