The word "stealing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate when someone has taken something without permission, or to talk about the act of taking something without permission. For example: "The thief was arrested for stealing jewelry from the store."
Q There has been lots of news lately about sites being hacked and people stealing information.
"While I was on board I soon realised that the boot room, where we all changed our clothing and left our shoes, had turned into a scene of social chaos," McEwan said, describing how the eminent scientists, who down the hall were gathering to talk earnestly about the future of the humankind, were also capable of stealing each others' footwear and regarding their colleagues with deep distrust.
Presumably this could mean any one of the following: stealing her friend's husband because she wants him; being photographed by the paparazzi in a naked sex clinch; demolishing her colleagues with personal slights in the boardroom; and working out where to place genocide on her grossly wonky scale of human ruthlessness.
"They've gotten away with this for a long time, so making them suffer a little for stealing is a good idea".
Back at St Paul's, I tell Warren about the first time I was caught stealing, aged five.
"I'd have said, 'When you took that Twix, what was in your head?' I'd have to work out: what was your motivation for stealing?
And all the other instances that police from Lancashire to south London cite as one of their growing crime areas: of people stealing to eat because they can't afford basics.
"Apparently, organised criminal gangs have been stealing confidential personal information on an industrial scale, from many different employers.
Still, when absolutely pushed, he'll pull a Christopher Walken, aping the actor's habit of showing up for a three-minute cameo and stealing the show.
Omar hands over money (to Butchie) rather than stealing any.
The accused also faced a further charge of stealing two car number plates valued at 50p in Mirifeld, between November 13 last year and January 2 this year.
