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- verbsteal (verb) · steals (third person present) · stole (past tense) · stealing (present participle) · stolen (past participle)
- take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:"thieves stole her bicycle" · "stolen goods" · "she was found guilty of stealing from her employers"
- dishonestly pass off (another person's ideas) as one's own:"accusations that one group had stolen ideas from the other were soon flying"
- take the opportunity to give or share (a kiss) when it is not expected or when people are not watching:"he was allowed to steal a kiss in the darkness"
- (in various sports) gain (an advantage, a run, or possession of the ball) unexpectedly or by exploiting the temporary distraction of an opponent.
- baseball(of a base runner) advance safely to (the next base) by running to it as the pitcher begins the delivery:"Rickey stole third base"
- move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously:"he stole down to the kitchen" · "a delicious languor was stealing over her"
- direct (a look) quickly and unobtrusively:"he stole a furtive glance at her"
nounsteal (noun) · steals (plural noun)- informala bargain:"for $5 it was a steal"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHan act of stealing something:"New York's biggest art steal"
- an idea taken from another work:"the chorus is a steal from The Smiths' “London”"
- baseballan act of stealing a base.
- basketballhockeyan act of taking possession of the ball or puck from an opponent:"point guard Kaleb Joseph finished with eight points, four steals, and seven assists"
OriginOld English stelan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stelen and German stehlen.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:
- move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously:
noun- a bargain:
- an act of stealing something:
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- "Steal" means12:
- To take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force.
- To appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.steal, pilfer, filch, purloin mean to take from another without right or without detection. steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to intangibles as well as material things.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stealsteal (stēl), v., stole, sto•len, steal•ing, n. v.t. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.www.wordreference.com/definition/steal Steal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
STEAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
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If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it.
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