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Meanings of
stealing
in English
Portuguese
furto
Catalan
furt
Spanish
hurto
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The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
theft
thieving
larceny
thievery
Portuguese
furto
Catalan
sigil
Spanish
disimulo
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Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
stealth
Catalan
sigil
Usage of
stealing
in English
1
Second case was four men who were arrested for
stealing
a car.
2
He remains in custody, accused of
stealing
assets in a different case.
3
He was sentenced to 12 years on charges of
stealing
state secrets.
4
But no rule covers it.
Whip
-
stealing
is not in racing's rule book?
5
Bellerive said the case was
stealing
attention from the plight of Haitians.
6
Truckers make good money; they're not interested in
stealing
dimes or quarters.
7
Zuckerberg has been accused several times of
stealing
ideas to create Facebook.
8
Congratulations to the car industry for successfully
stealing
money from other industries.
9
Bratz started
stealing
market share from Mattel's Barbie soon after its launch.
10
That all changed after her
scene
-
stealing
performance during the first presidential debate.
11
Until Race tried
stealing
his money, Samuel was having a good week.
12
When he awoke the cold light of the morning was
stealing
in.
13
The pale winter sunlight was
stealing
in aslant through the low windows.
14
He had gone from it: the spirit
stealing
quietly away in sleep.
15
His two friends keep
stealing
the spare parts, however, leaving him disorientated.
16
He is accused of
stealing
130 million credit and debit card numbers.
Other examples for "stealing"
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About this term
stealing
Noun
Singular
steal
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
steal from
steal money
steal a glance
steal away
steal food
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Translations for
stealing
Portuguese
furto
roubo
Catalan
furt
estafa
robament
atracament
robatori
lladrocini
sigil
cautela
Spanish
hurto
substracción
sustracción
latrocinio
desvalijamiento
robo
disimulo
sigilo
Stealing
through the time
Stealing
across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
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