Stealing Synonyms and Antonyms

The act of taking something from someone unlawfully
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. theft
  2. piracy
  3. embezzlement
  4. larceny
  5. shoplifting
  6. thievery
  7. thieving
To take (another's property) without permission
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lifting
  2. filching
  3. pinching
  4. swiping
  5. copping
  6. snatching
  7. snitching
  8. hooking
  9. liberating
  10. rustling
  11. cribbing
  12. heisting
  13. pillaging
  14. plundering
  15. blackmailing
  16. burglarizing
  17. misappropriating
  18. plagiarizing
  19. swindling
  20. cheating
  21. purloining
  22. taking
  23. removing
  24. borrowing
  25. gypping
  26. looting
  27. sneaking
  28. mooching
  29. thieving
  30. appropriating
  31. skulking
  32. nipping
  33. kidnapping
  34. annexing
  35. pocketing
  36. abducting
  37. pirating
  38. ransacking
  39. diverting
  40. despoiling
  41. defrauding
  42. misapplying
  43. fleecing
  44. embezzling
  45. pilfering
  46. robbing
  47. insinuating
  48. counterfeiting
  49. stripping
  50. cozening
  51. grabbing
  52. hijacking
  53. sacking
  54. extracting
  55. withdrawing
  56. extorting
  57. keeping
  58. bagging
  59. creeping
  60. converting
  61. impressing
  62. bribing
  63. bargaining
  64. abstracting
  65. absconding
Antonyms:
  1. receiving
  2. giving
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Avoiding detection by moving carefully
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stealth

Words Related to Stealing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Stealing Sentence Examples

  • The Indians were stealing the mules left outside the wagons.

  • According to ancient authorities, the word (derived by them from vuKov, " fig," and cbaivecv, " to show") meant one who informed against another for exporting figs (which was forbidden by law) or for stealing the fruit of the sacred fig-trees, whether in time of famine or on any other occasion.

  • It was in 1455 during this war that the knight Kunz von Kaufungen carried into execution his daring plan of stealing the two sons of the elector Frederick, Ernest and Albert, but he was only momentarily successful, the princes soon escaping from his hands.

  • Stealing is a behavior problem, not a character problem.

  • Had she interrupted him stealing something?

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