Example sentences for: stealing

How can you use “stealing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Stealing from another kid's locker?

  • A congressional report accused China of nuclear espionage . The gist: China filched the designs for all seven nuclear warheads currently in the U.S. arsenal; has used the designs to update its weapons; and has been stealing secrets from American labs for more than 20 years.

  • There's 1) the cost--in time and/or money--of finding someone who already has a copy, and will give it to you for free or for cheap; 2) the risk of getting caught stealing intellectual property; 3) any premiums you pay to others for incurring such risks (as when you get copies from bootleggers); and 4) informal punishments such as being labeled a cheat or a cheapskate.

  • Whenever someone criticized him, Forbes looked sheepish and guilty, like a kid caught stealing cookies.

  • The WP fronts the news that for the second time in a week, burglars have broken into the Capitol Hill office of a polling firm working for the Israeli Labor Party leader, stealing sensitive campaign material.


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