guhimbira

How to say it

Meaning

to steal habitually as a settled practice.

Good to know

the same form is also used, less commonly, for someone who is often away from home, and separately for having very long hair — three distinct attested senses of the one word.

Examples

• Uwo musore arahimbira mu mazu y'abaturanyi.That young man makes a habit of stealing from the neighbors' houses.
• Ntuhimbire uduhimbo tuto, uzosandara.Do not fall into the habit of petty theft, you will be caught out.
• Data yaje kuvuga ko uwo mwana ahimbira mu rugo.Father remarked that that child is rarely at home.