Definition of stealing

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Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

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Thievery :: Thievery (n.) The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.
Plagium :: Plagium (n.) Manstealing; kidnaping.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..
Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing..
Shoplifting :: Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
Stealing :: Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
Manstealing :: Manstealing (n.) The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice..
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Abaction :: Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.
Steal :: Stealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stea.
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie..
Stealingly :: Stealing (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Filchingly :: Filchingly (adv.) By pilfering or petty stealing.
Stealth :: Stealth (v. t.) The act of stealing; theft.
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Heart-robbing :: Heart-robbing (a.) Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
Theft :: Theft (n.) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny..
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