To take something of small value that doesn’t belong to you—for example, a child taking cookies: “Who’s been ________ the cookies?”
| SNITCHING | 414 |
| SWIPING | 263 |
| STEALING | 80 |
| TAKING | 80 |
| IN | 75 |
| RAIDING | 39 |
| INTO | 34 |
| PILFERING | 34 |
| ROBBING | 31 |
| SNEAKING | 27 |
| FILCHING | 16 |
| SNATCHING | 16 |
| NR | 15 |
| EATING | 12 |
| MOOCHING | 12 |
| LIFTING | 10 |
| HELPING HIMSELF TO | 8 |
| HOOKING | 7 |
| PINCHING | 7 |
| HELPING THEMSELVES TO | 6 |
| SLIPPING | 5 |
| SNIPING | 5 |
| AT | 3 |
| GETTING | 3 |
| GETTING INTO | 3 |
| HITTING | 3 |
| MESSING WITH | 3 |
| RIFLING | 3 |
| COONING | 2 |
| GRABBING | 2 |
| HELPING HIMSELF | 2 |
| KIPING | 2 |
| NIPPING | 2 |
| PETTY THIEVING | 2 |
| SAMPLING | 2 |
| A-TAKING | 1 |
| BORROWING | 1 |
| BOTHERING | 1 |
| COBBING | 1 |
| CROOKING | 1 |
| DABBLING IN | 1 |
| DIPPING INTO | 1 |
| DIVING INTO | 1 |
| FINCHED | 1 |
| FUDGING | 1 |
| GETTIN’ THEIR HANDS INTO THE BOWL | 1 |
| GETTING HIS FINGERS IN | 1 |
| GOBBLING ON TO | 1 |
| GRABBING OFF | 1 |
| HAD THEIR HAND IN | 1 |
| HE HAS LONG FINGERS | 1 |
| HE PICKS YOUR SHELVES | 1 |
| HELPING HIMSELVES TO | 1 |
| HELPING THEMSELF TO | 1 |
| HELPING THEMSELFS TO | 1 |
| HELPING THEMSELVES | 1 |
| HOCKING | 1 |
| LIGHT-FINGERED | 1 |
| LIGHTWEIGHT STEALING | 1 |
| MEDDLING WITH | 1 |
| MESSING IN | 1 |
| MESSING OVER | 1 |
| MOLESTING | 1 |
| MOVING | 1 |
| NABBING | 1 |
| NIBBLING ON | 1 |
| RAMSACKING | 1 |
| RAN OFF WITH | 1 |
| RAVAGING | 1 |
| ROOTIN’ IN | 1 |
| SNEAKING OUT | 1 |
| SNEAKY | 1 |
| SNIPPED | 1 |
| SNIPPING | 1 |
| SNOOPING | 1 |
| SNOOPING IN | 1 |
| SPIKING | 1 |
| STOLE | 1 |
| TAKING POSSESSION | 1 |
| TAMPERING WITH | 1 |
| TAPPING | 1 |
| THUGGING | 1 |
| WALKING OFF WITH | 1 |
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