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- Dictionarystealing/ˈstiːlɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the action or offence of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it; theft: "they argue that copying licensed software is a form of stealing"
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: to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully. stole a car. b. : to take away by force or unjust means. they've stolen our liberty. c. : to take surreptitiously or without permission.
to take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it: steal something from someone She admitted stealing the money from her employers. The number of cars which are stolen every year has risen. They were so poor they had to steal in order to eat. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to steal something.
to commit or practice theft. to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved: She stole out of the house at midnight. to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually: The years steal by. Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball. noun. Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
Define stealing. stealing synonyms, stealing pronunciation, stealing translation, English dictionary definition of stealing. v. stole , sto·len , steal·ing , steals v. tr. 1. To take without right or permission. 2. To present or use as one's own. 3. To get or take secretly or...
Stealing definition: the act of a person who steals. . See examples of STEALING used in a sentence.
noun. thieving. Stealing is wrong. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. stealing in American English. (ˈstilɪŋ) noun. 1. the act of a person who steals. 2. (usually stealings) something that is stolen. adjective. 3. given to or characterized by theft.
steal. (stiːl ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense steals , present participle stealing , past tense stole , past participle stolen. 1. verb A2. If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it.
