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Definition & Synonyms
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• Steal
- (v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
- (v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
- (n.) A handle; a stale, or stele.
- (v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
- (v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
- (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
- (v. t.) To get into ones power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
- (v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
Synonyms:
Bargain, Buy, Creep, Mouse, Slip, Sneak,
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• Stealingly
- (adv.) By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion.
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• Stealing
- (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steal
Synonyms:
Larceny, Stealth, Theft, Thievery, Thieving,
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