thieving

Example Sentences

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When they aren’t thieving, bald eagles also scavenge from roadkill or help themselves to free food found in human garbage or at the town landfill.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Alcutt recently encountered a woman who was part of a suspected thieving group processing stolen copper in an encampment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Surveillance video depicting the accused robbers and their purported thieving was posted on Twitter by the Irvine Police Department.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Whitehead’s “Crook Manifesto” arrives on the thieving heels of his 2021 “Harlem Shuffle,” and features many of the same characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

The sage — low-growing and shrubby — could hold its place on the mountain slopes and on the plains, and within its small gray leaves it could hold moisture enough to defy the thieving winds.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson