"stealing" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

The act of taking something from someone unlawfully (synset 100782543)
"the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

is a type of: felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
subtypes:
- breach of trust with fraudulent intent - larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking
- defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- pilferage - the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
- shoplifting, shrinkage - the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
- robbery - larceny by threat of violence
- biopiracy - biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
- grand larceny, grand theft - larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- petit larceny, petty, petty larceny - larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- skimming - failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- rustling - the stealing of cattle
same as: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving
Avoiding detection by moving carefully (synset 101053006)
is a type of: concealing, concealment, hiding - the activity of keeping something secret

same as: stealth