thieving

US /ˈθiː.vɪŋ/
UK /ˈθiː.vɪŋ/
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used to describe people who steal things:

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Those thieving kids tried to steal my car.
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the activity of stealing:

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His was a life of thieving and cheating.
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be (as) thick as thieves