thieving

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiːvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːvɪŋ

Verb

thieving

1. present participle and gerund of thieve

Adjective

thieving (not comparable)

1. That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
   • 1966, William T. Moynihan, The craft and art of Dylan Thomas:

     From her point of view, sex itself, or sexual awareness, is the thief that stole away her innocence (which completes the picture of Thomas's totally thieving world).

   • 2001, Mary Elizabeth Massey, George C. Rable, Refugee life in the Confederacy:

     The landlady was "a desperately mean old specimen... who employed a very thieving set of servants,"

Translations

that steals

• Finnish: varasteleva
• German: diebisch (de)
• Icelandic: stelvís
• Irish: bradach
• Italian: ladresco (it)
• Latin: fūrax
• Macedonian: крадлив m (kradliv)
• Serbo-Croatian: kradljiv (sh) m
• Swedish: tjuvaktig (sv)

Noun

thieving (usually uncountable, plural thievings)

1. The action of theft.
   • 1910, Amy McLaren, Bawbee Jock:

     "There's nothing to spend your thievings on up here."

Translations

action of theft

• Finnish: varastaminen (fi), varastelu (fi)
• Irish: bradaíl f, gadaíocht f, ropaireacht f
• Macedonian: кра́жба f (krážba)
• Scottish Gaelic: mèirle f
• Serbo-Croatian: krađa (sh) f
• Swedish: stöld (sv) c, tjuveri (sv) n