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# thieving

«thieving» in Mova's school dictionary: **Stealing things that belong to other people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (thieving); also the -ing form of the verb thieve

### meaning for a pupil

Stealing things that belong to other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thieving/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, sly creatures or people who steal food or goods

### examples

- The thieving crows took the corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thieving/#x1)
- The thieving fox stole a hen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thieving/#x2)
- Don't be a thieving magpie! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thieving/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thieving» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thieving/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.