Synonyms of thieving

thieving

verb

present participle of thieve

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

someone's been thieving my cookies!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stealing
• swiping
• pilfering
• robbing
• filching
• grabbing
• purloining
• lifting
• snatching
• snitching
• pinching
• nicking
• appropriating
• misappropriating
• pocketing
• nipping
• heisting
• hooking
• hijacking
• making off with
• ripping off
• plundering
• running off with
• making away with
• looting
• pillaging
• boosting
• taking
• picking
• walking off with
• burglarizing
• seizing
• sacking
• poaching
• shoplifting
• knocking over
• rustling
• kidnapping
• grasping
• mooching
• rifling
• abducting
• sponging
• collaring
• carjacking
• nailing
• spiriting
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• contributing
• presenting
• donating
• bestowing
• handing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thieving

The Artful Dodger has been renewed for a third and final season, with Thomas Brodie-Sangster reprising his role as the thieving title character. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

The new restaurant will expand upon the whimsical backstory of Crafty Coyote — the pie-thieving crook from the nearby Knott’s Bear-y Tales dark ride who has hung up his outlaw ways to open the new eatery next door. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026

The emotional stakes — which also involve a thieving street urchin (Baltasar Espinach) the De la Vegas adopt — are real. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

That included an acrobatic, thieving interception by Ja’Quan McMillian in overtime that preceded Denver’s game-winning drive. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 9 June 2026

The start of the conflict revealed that one tool the Israelis used to target the Ayatollah and his top crew of thieving monsters was their extended hack of the traffic cameras outside his Tehran compound. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026

The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 4,000 years ago, follows a king who searches the world for a plant that can restore youth, only to lose the plant to a thieving snake. — Jordan D. Metzl, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026

Females are turning out in droves to see the third installment in the long-dormant franchise about a group of thieving magicians, buying up 54 percent of all tickets sold so far. — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025

Despite mixed reviews, the first two films about the thieving illusionists known as the Four Horseman were commercial successes; the original grossed $350 million while the sequel generated $334 million. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025