thieving

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
thieving
    adj 1: given to thievery [syn: {thieving(a)}, {thievish}]
    n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
         thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn:
         {larceny}, {theft}, {thievery}, {thieving}, {stealing}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Thieve \Thieve\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Thieved}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Thieving}.] [AS. ge[thorn]e['o]fian.]
   To practice theft; to steal.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "thieving":
      brigandish, burglarious, fraudulent, kleptomaniac, larcenous,
      larceny, light-fingered, pinch, piratelike, piratic, purloining,
      steal, stealage, stealing, sticky-fingered, thievery, thievish,
      touch
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