thieving

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of thieve

adj

1. That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
   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). 1966, William T. Moynihan, The craft and art of Dylan Thomas
   The landlady was "a desperately mean old specimen... who employed a very thieving set of servants," 2001, Mary Elizabeth Massey, George C. Rable, Refugee life in the Confederacy

noun

1. The action of theft.
   "There's nothing to spend your thievings on up here." 1910, Amy McLaren, Bawbee Jock