stealing

STEE-ling/ˈstiːlɪŋ/

3 meanings of stealing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of steal. Use this form for an action happening now, or as a noun naming the act.
He was stealing apples from the neighbor's tree all afternoon.
Stealing is wrong, no matter how poor you are.
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2
noununcountable
The act of taking something that belongs to someone else without permission.
Like taking a toy from someone's bag when they are not looking.
Stealing is a serious crime in every country.
The store lost thousands of dollars to stealing last year.
Similartheft, thieving, pilfering, larceny, robbery
3
nounarchaiccountable or uncountableplural
Goods that someone has taken without permission.
Like the candy a kid hides after grabbing it from the shelf.
The thieves buried their stealing deep in the woods.
The politicaster is looking for small opportunities – for such pickings and stealings as a careless public may leave for those of his kind. The great politician is looking for great opportunities.
2004, Samuel McChord Crothers, “In Praise of Politicians”Here, stealings means things that have been stolen.
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stealing is a form of steal

steal, verb: To take something that belongs to another person without permission, planning to keep it. Full entry

Forms: stealsteals he/she/itstealing -ing formstole past tensestolen past participle
Spelling: steal → stealing: add -ing

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