Synonyms for Stealing
steal·ing

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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

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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

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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. Security Center Bill Evanina:

   You name the area — campuses, businesses, health care, technology, from aerospace to agriculture, on a massive scale, China is stealing intellectual property to further their goals of being No. 1 in the global economy.

2. California Laura Duffy:

   The conduct alleged here, sneaking around at night, stealing property and vandalizing homes and businesses with acid, glue, and chemicals, is a form of domestic terrorism and can’t be permitted to continue.

3. Hanan Ashrawi:

   Israel is stealing land specially in the Jordan Valley under the pretext it wants to annex it, this should be a reason for a real and effective intervention by the international community to end such a flagrant and grave aggression which kills all chances of peace.

4. President Barack Obama:

   They aren't protesting. They aren't making a statement. They're stealing.

5. Ciro Moraes:

   The guys who were stealing cargo are now in drugs logistics.