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, theft

2. stealth, stealingnoun

   avoiding detection by moving carefully

   Synonyms:
   thievery, thieving, larceny, 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. Kyle Merber:

   One of the greatest crimes is stealing the honor of someone winning a medal at a major championship, the experience of being able to do a victory lap with your flag and standing on the medal stand and hearing your national anthem is one of the greatest joys in the sport.

2. Marco Rubio:

   Do I like tariffs as a matter of policy on any given day ? No. What other alternatives do you have to rebalance what has now been 30 years of cheating, lying, stealing and unfairness on behalf of the Chinese ?

3. Jay Freeman:

   Stealing one or 10 or 100 hives would result in the same charge.

4. Victoria Mendez:

   My son is very gentle and he's very loving, and he's a good boy, but that thing wasn't him. I don't think parents understand what they're dealing with. It's a very, very dangerous business. Crystal meth is stealing our kids and turning them into murderers.

5. Austin Gary:

   They're not going to keep stealing because we upped the security devices, we're a family business. The community has been very supportive for us and we believe that we're going to fight back. Not like they fight. We're going to fight back just by looking out for one another, being there for one another, and it's going to come to a stop. It's going to come to a stop.