Definitions for stealing

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stealing steal·ing

Spelling: [stee-ling]

IPA: /ˈsti lɪŋ/

Stealing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 572 anagrams from letters in stealing (aegilnst).

Definitions for stealing

noun

1. the act of a person who steals.
2. Usually, stealings. something that is stolen.
3. Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
4. Informal. the thing stolen; booty.
5. Informal. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain:
6. Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.

Idioms

1. steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words, etc.

adjective

1. given to or characterized by theft.

verb (used with object)

1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force:
2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
3. to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance:
4. to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually followed by away, from, in, into, etc.):
5. Baseball. (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.
6. Games. to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.
7. to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance:

verb (used without object)

1. to commit or practice theft.
2. to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved:
3. to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually:
4. Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.

Origin of stealing

1300-50; Middle English steling (gerund). See steal, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for stealing

The story follows a down on his luck family man named Bill Scanlon (Wes Bentley), who takes to stealing after losing his job.

Andy sighed at the thought of stealing through the great halls within.

When he awoke the cold light of the morning was stealing in.

In the real world, he said, a hacker is more likely interested in stealing records he can sell than in harming a patient.

He'll think he's been the cause of it, by stealing your heart from me.

The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

Though faith there's a good deal that's like stealing goes on where that comes from!

They were silent, and had even forgotten the exciting event of the stealing of the horses.

Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.

We all know each other, we are essentially family, so stealing and killing are not problems we have.