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stealing

noun as in theft

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Sgt Ross Haybourne, from the Kent Police Rural Task Force, says criminals are often stealing to order across the South and South East of England.

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Buddy, though anguished by Odd’s arrival, warms to the idea when he spies Odd stealing Sook’s cameo brooch.

Six months later, she was back in court again where she admitted stealing from a service station in May.

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The breeze is just a little too strong, sometimes knocking me off balance or stealing my breath away.

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He was so racked with guilt about stealing the ring that he had already decided to flee Saint Petersburg at dawn and make a new life for himself elsewhere.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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