Synonyms for STEALING
steal·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun

   the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

   Synonyms:
   thievery, larceny, thieving, stealth, stealing, theft

2. stealth, stealingnoun

   avoiding detection by moving carefully

   Synonyms:
   thievery, thieving, larceny, stealing, stealth, theft

Matched Categories

1. • Concealment

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embezzling

   take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

   thieves stole her bicycle.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 7, 2015  

2. robbing

   to rob or take something off somebody or something

   she was caught stealing food at the la county fair last week.

   Submitted by Artemis on June 28, 2017  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stealingnoun

   Synonyms:
   theft, robbery, larceny

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stealingnoun

   Synonyms:
   theft, larceny, robbery, pilfering, peculation, thievery, abstraction, looting, cribbing, rapine, depredation, surreption, piracy, plundering, pillage, embezzlement, peculation, shop lifting, plagiarism

   Associated words:
   light-fingered, booty, spoil, plunder, loot, swag, spoils, predatory, fence, kleptomania

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "stealing":

   steal, fly, theft, vol, flying, robbing, rob, flight, robbery, stolen

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How to use STEALING in a sentence?

1. Yolimar Arellano:

   They have spent years stealing money and not doing maintenance.

2. Jitendra Singh:

   I said,' Well that's not food. You're stealing gum and candies. That's just something for munching,' i said,' If you're hungry, ask me. I'll give you food.'.

3. Kevin Kiley:

   You have people that will go into department stores and they'll actually have a calculator on them, they'll add up the value of what they're stealing because they know as long as it's under $950, they might as well wave at the security camera on the way out. They know there's going to be no consequence for that.

4. Tim Burrack:

   What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me, they're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed.

5. Piercamillo Davigo:

   The politicians haven't stopped stealing, they've stopped being ashamed of it, now they blatantly claim a right to do what they used to do secretly.