V5a

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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