"stealing" in the noun sense
1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
"the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
2. stealth, stealing
avoiding detection by moving carefully
"stealing" in the verb sense
1. steal, rip off, rip
take without the owner's consent
"Someone stole my wallet on the train"
"This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
2. steal, slip
move stealthily
"The ship slipped away in the darkness"
3. steal
steal a base
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