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steal
[ steel ]
verb (used with object)
- to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force:
A pickpocket stole his watch.
- to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
- to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance:
He stole my girlfriend.
- to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually followed by away, from, in, into, etc.):
They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.
- Baseball. (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.
- Games. to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.
- to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance:
The comedian stole the show.
verb (used without object)
- to commit or practice theft.
- to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved:
She stole out of the house at midnight.
- to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually:
The years steal by.
- Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.
noun
- Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Informal. the thing stolen; booty.
- Informal. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain:
This dress is a steal at $40.
- Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.
steal
/ پː /
verb
- to take (something) from someone, etc without permission or unlawfully, esp in a secret manner
- tr to obtain surreptitiously
- tr to appropriate (ideas, etc) without acknowledgment, as in plagiarism
- to move or convey stealthily
they stole along the corridor
- intr to pass unnoticed
the hours stole by
- tr to win or gain by strategy or luck, as in various sports
to steal a few yards
- steal a march onto obtain an advantage over, esp by a secret or underhand measure
- steal someone's thunderto detract from the attention due to another by forestalling him
- steal the showto be looked upon as the most interesting, popular, etc, esp unexpectedly
noun
- the act of stealing
- something stolen or acquired easily or at little cost
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٱa· adjective
- ٱİ noun
- non·ٱa· adjective
- dzܳȴٱ verb (used with object) outstole outstolen outstealing
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of steal1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of steal1
Idioms and Phrases
- steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words, etc.
Example Sentences
“One faction kills and another steals … they all cover for each other,” Mayada said.
Snell, his wife and infant son were not home at the time of their break-in, and it is unclear from a police report what, if anything, was stolen.
Inside the store, she attempted to steal alcohol and was grabbed by a store security guard, according to court documents.
Trump — who has falsely asserted that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him — issued his “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” order on March 25.
Her cart was stacked with household items, snacks for her sons, fruit and two containers of two dozen eggs — a steal these days at under $10 each.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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