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Thieving meaning

present participle and gerund of thieve

Synonyms of Thieving

Using Thieving

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of thieve
  • Useful related words include: thievish, dishonest, dishonorable, larceny.
  • In the example corpus, thieving often appears in combinations such as: of thieving, and thieving, thieving spree.

Context around Thieving

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Thieving

  • In this selection, "thieving" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, daily, few, lazy, spree, greedy and meatheads stand out and add context to how "thieving" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a few thieving ragged indians and about this thieving debarred drunk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "thieving" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with thieving

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

To recap, Christmas is a time of thieving, burglary and fraud. (11 words)

Clean up the corruption tag and the thieving image haunting, Msoni. (11 words)

Another thieving jerabo looking for handouts and using threats to get them. (12 words)

Given the basic concept of the narrative that will proceed and our basic understanding of the time period in which it is set, the assumption is that this soul belongs to the dominant, land-thieving, greedy white men. (38 words)

But Mack’s murderous motives, they added, intensified after she realized that her mother’s patience with her near-daily thieving had worn thin, and that she might face arrest on felony charges for credit card fraud. (37 words)

The movie follows a fox (voiced by George Clooney) who foregoes stealing from farmers for his family’s safety, only to be drawn back into thieving when his family relocates near a trio of mean, wealthy farmers. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

A Bronx supermarket is posting photos of thieving meatheads — and their stolen delicacy of choice — on a wall of shame alongside its butcher counter.

But Mack’s murderous motives, they added, intensified after she realized that her mother’s patience with her near-daily thieving had worn thin, and that she might face arrest on felony charges for credit card fraud.

Funny how these thieving Democrats all seem to have miraculous recoveries after they’re cut loose from prison.

Posting on Facebook, Lowestoft Police said: "Yesterday, the Kestrel Team had the good Scents to arrest a thieving roguette when she tried to stuff a load of perfume under her coat in a Lowestoft shop.

The ANC has, in the years following the ascension of Jacob Zuma to the top party and state job, been pushing race-tinged narratives in order to cover up its increasingly visible ineptitude and thieving.

The judge described their offences, which took place on August 2, as a "thieving spree".

To recap, Christmas is a time of thieving, burglary and fraud.

We are not going to let a few thieving, ragged Indians check and stop the progress of the railroads.

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We have Mafioso health care in the BVI, run by a set of lazy, thieving, greedy gangsters.

Hood has to alternate between continuing his thieving, pretending to be the sheriff, and trying to look out for his daughter, which means he's constantly hiding something from someone.

Another thieving jerabo looking for handouts and using threats to get them.

A society of thieving elites and politicians whose priorities remain to perpetuate themselves in office of service without serving.

Clean up the corruption tag and the thieving image haunting, Msoni.

The movie follows a fox (voiced by George Clooney) who foregoes stealing from farmers for his family’s safety, only to be drawn back into thieving when his family relocates near a trio of mean, wealthy farmers.

Thieving herring gulls are hated by many holidaymakers in seaside British towns.

Unfortunately we do not have a government but thieving cartels running affairs of our motherland.

A prolific shoplifter who went on a two month thieving spree in Yeovil "in order to survive" has been jailed for 21 weeks.

What did I say about this thieving debarred drunk, the chap is just dull… he can never do any thing material, apart from drinking….

Fired because he is a thieving corrupt PLP nigga who came straight out of Lynden “cocaine pusher” Pindling’s cancerous asshole.

Given the basic concept of the narrative that will proceed and our basic understanding of the time period in which it is set, the assumption is that this soul belongs to the dominant, land-thieving, greedy white men.

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Common combinations with thieving

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "thieving" in a sentence?
An example: "A Bronx supermarket is posting photos of thieving meatheads — and their stolen delicacy of choice — on a wall of shame alongside its butcher counter." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "thieving" from authentic English texts.
What does "thieving" mean?
Thieving means: present participle and gerund of thieve
What are synonyms of "thieving"?
Common synonyms of "thieving" include: thievish, dishonest, dishonorable, larceny, theft, thievery, stealing, felony.
How many example sentences with "thieving" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "thieving", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.