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Meanings of thieving in anglès

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The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.

        furt

        Given to thievery.

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              Usage of thieving in anglès
              1
              In her body, she knew fear; morally, the thieving felt like reparation.
              A change in altitude
              2
              BEE has crippled South Africa more than the thieving politicians ever could.
              The South African
              3
              There was one final check to stop anyone thieving the Empire's loot.
              The Silver Pigs
              4
              For ten years I worked for a succession of brilliant, thieving scumbags.
              Think of a number
              5
              Even before Creeley became aware of his thieving, Driver made him uncomfortable.
              The hellfire club
              6
              And now one hacker is releasing the brain-thieving software to prove it.
              Wired
              7
              These poor creatures seldom obtain any great sum by thieving and cheating.
              In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 06
              8
              The best man in the State with a little beggarly thieving nonentity?
              The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories
              9
              It's a thieving, drunken lot of fellows Saul will fall in with.
              What Necessity Knows
              10
              An ugly thieving thing, as has no business above stairs at all.
              The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales
              11
              And like most of that crowd in the field, a thieving misfit.
              The bourne ultimatum
              12
              He saw the Dark Lord cut down at his own thieving hand.
              James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
              13
              There's no telling when those thieving Alaskans will be close after us.
              The Young Treasure Hunter; Or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska
              14
              We're a thieving, dishonest lot, sir, little as I thought it, sir.
              Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
              15
              He is impoverished and in trouble; he's also thieving, selfish and callous.
              The Guardian
              16
              Are thieving, and lying, and looting, and bestial talk very bad things?
              With Rimington
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              Translations for thieving
              portuguès
              furtoroubo
              Thieving through the time
              Thieving across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common