stealing food
Taking others' meals
Taking food that belongs to someone else without permission.
The phrase covers everything from swiping a coworker's lunch from the office fridge to shoplifting groceries.
Children caught stealing food from the pantry face lighter judgment than adults stealing from stores.
In contexts of poverty or desperation, stealing food carries moral complexity that outright theft doesn't: Les Misérables begins with Jean Valjean imprisoned for stealing food.
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- five finger discountSlang for retail theft
- swipingTaking something swiftly
- filchingStealing small items
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
hunger · sneaking · midnight · fridge · leftovers · midnight snack · scrounging · poaching · raiding · grab and go · foraging · shoplifting · desperate · crumbs · hoarding · scavenging · grabbing · snatch
- pet problemsaggression, barking, biting, chewing, digging
- pet behaviortail wagging, purring, kneading, growling, hissing
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
stealing foodfeeding the hungry
Providing nourishment to those without
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