Stealing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who steals; theft.
  • noun. That which is stolen; stolen property: used chiefly in the plural: as, his stealings amounted to thousands of dollars.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
  • noun. That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The action of the verb to steal.
  • noun. That which is stolen; stolen property.
  • verb. Present participle of steal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  • noun. avoiding detection by moving carefully
  • Word Usage
    "Let's see ... they float all these manner of * swinging* (read stealing) the various delegates necessary to win AFTER they suck the media into a kerfuffle about Obama * stealing* language from Patrick?"
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    steal