steal

steal  (stl)

v. stole (stl), sto·len (stln), steal·ing, steals

v.tr.

1. To take (the property of another) without right or permission.

2. To present or use (someone else's words or ideas) as one's own.

3. To get or take secretly or artfully: steal a look at a diary; steal the puck from an opponent.

4. To give or enjoy (a kiss) that is unexpected or unnoticed.

5. To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer: The magician's assistant stole the show with her comic antics.

6. Baseball To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a base hit, walk, passed ball, or wild pitch.

v.intr.

1. To commit theft.

2. To move, happen, or elapse stealthily or unobtrusively.

3. Baseball To steal a base.

n.

1. The act of stealing.

2. Slang A bargain.

3. Baseball A stolen base.

4. Basketball An act of gaining possession of the ball from an opponent.

Idiom:

steal (someone's) thunder

To use, appropriate, or preempt the use of another's idea, especially to one's own advantage and without consent by the originator.

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[Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan.]

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stealer n.

Synonyms: steal, purloin, filch, snitch, pilfer, cop², hook, swipe, lift, pinch
These verbs mean to take another's property wrongfully, often surreptitiously. Steal is the most general: stole a car; steals research from colleagues.
To purloin is to make off with something, often in a breach of trust: purloined the key to his cousin's safe-deposit box.
Filch and snitch often suggest that what is stolen is of little value, while pilfer sometimes connotes theft of or in small quantities: filched towels from the hotel; snitch a cookie; pilfered fruit from the farmer.
Cop, hook, and swipe frequently connote quick, furtive snatching or seizing: copped a necklace from the counter; planning to hook a fur coat; swiped a magazine from the rack.
To lift is to take something surreptitiously and keep it for oneself: a pickpocket who lifts wallets on the subway.
Pinch suggests stealing something by or as if by picking it up between the thumb and the fingers: pinched a dollar from his mother's purse.

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steal [stiːl]

vb steals, stealing, stole, stolen

1. to take (something) from someone, etc. without permission or unlawfully, esp in a secret manner

2. (tr) to obtain surreptitiously

3. (tr) to appropriate (ideas, etc.) without acknowledgment, as in plagiarism

4. to move or convey stealthily they stole along the corridor

5. (intr) to pass unnoticed the hours stole by

6. (tr) to win or gain by strategy or luck, as in various sports to steal a few yards

steal a march on to obtain an advantage over, esp by a secret or underhand measure

steal someone's thunder to detract from the attention due to another by forestalling him

steal the show to be looked upon as the most interesting, popular, etc., esp unexpectedly

n Informal

1. (Law) the act of stealing

2. something stolen or acquired easily or at little cost

[Old English stelan; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse stela Gothic stilan, German stehlen]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	steal - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" buy, bargain purchase - something acquired by purchase song - a very small sum; "he bought it for a song" travel bargain - a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes)
	2.	steal - a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb	1.	steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift - make off with belongings of others rustle, lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle" shoplift - steal in a store pirate - copy illegally; of published material plagiarise, plagiarize, lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property pocket, bag - take unlawfully defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" rob - take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" cop, glom, snitch, thieve, knock off, hook - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" walk off - take without permission; "he walked off with my wife!"; "The thief walked off with my gold watch" pluck, hustle, roll - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity loot, plunder - take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors" burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist - commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
	2.	steal - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" slip move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away - leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"
	3.	steal - steal a base baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

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steal

verb

1. take, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), pinch (informal), lift (informal), trouser (slang), cabbage (Brit. slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), half-inch (old-fashioned slang), heist (U.S. slang), embezzle, blag (slang), pilfer, misappropriate, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, prig (Brit. slang), shoplift, thieve, be light-fingered, peculate, walk or make off with People who are drug addicts come in and steal stuff.

2. copy, take, plagiarize, appropriate, pinch (informal), pirate, poach They solved the problem by stealing an idea from nature.

3. sneak, slip, creep, flit, tiptoe, slink, insinuate yourself They can steal away at night and join us.

noun

1. (Informal) bargain, good deal, good value, good buy, snip (informal), giveaway, (cheap) purchase This champagne is a steal.

2. rip-off, theft (slang), thieving, pilfering, misappropriation, purloining, thievery His favourite joke is a steal from Billy Connolly.

Translations

steal [stiːl] (stole (pt) (stolen (pp)))

A. VT

1. (= take) [+ object] → robar, hurtar(frm); [+ idea] → robar
to steal sth from sb → robar algo a algn
he stole it from school → lo robó del colegio
she used to steal money from her parents → solía robar dinero a sus padres
she stole her best friend's boyfriend (from her) → (le)robó el novio a su mejor amiga
to steal sb's heart → robar el corazón a algn
to steal a march on sb → adelantarse a algn
to steal the show → llevarse todos los aplausos, acaparar la atención de todos
to steal sb's thunder → eclipsar a algn

2. (liter) (= sneak)
to steal a glance at sb → mirar a algn de soslayo, echar una mirada de soslayo a algn
to steal a kiss from sb → robar un beso a algn

B. VI

1. (= take things) → robar
to steal from sb → robar a algn

2. (= creep)

2.1.
to steal into a room → entrar sigilosamente en una habitación, entrar en una habitación a hurtadillas
to steal out of a room → salir sigilosamente de una habitación, salir de una habitación a hurtadillas
to steal up/down the stairs → subir/bajar sigilosamente las escaleras, subir/bajar las escaleras a hurtadillas
to steal up on sb → acercarse a algn sigilosamente

2.2. (fig)
a smile stole across her lips → una sonrisa se escapó de sus labios
a tear stole down her cheek → una lágrima se deslizó por su mejilla
the light was stealing through the shutters → la luz se filtraba por las contraventanas

C. N (= bargain) it's a steal → es una ganga or un regalo

steal away VI + ADV → escabullirse, irse furtivamente
the intruders stole away into the night → los intrusos se escabulleron en la noche

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steal [ˈstiːl] [stole] (pt) [stolen] (pp)

vt

[+ object, property, money] → voler
to steal sth from sb → voler qch à qn

[+ ideas] → voler

vi

(= thieve) → voler

(= move silently) → se déplacer à pas de loup
Simon came stealing out of the shadows → Simon sortit de l'ombre à pas de loup.

steal away

steal off vi → filer, s'esquiver

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steal vb: pret <stole>, ptp <stolen>

vt object, idea, kiss, heart → stehlen; to steal something from somebody → jdm etw stehlen; to steal somebody’s girlfriend → jdm die Freundin ausspannen (inf); to steal the show → die Schau stehlen; to steal the limelight from somebody → jdm die Schau stehlen; to steal somebody’s thunder → jdm den Wind aus den Segeln nehmen; Labour have stolen the Tories’ clothes → Labour hat sich der Politik der Tories bemächtigt; the baby stole all the attention → das Kind zog die ganze Aufmerksamkeit auf sich; to steal a glance at somebody → verstohlen zu jdm hinschauen

vi

(= thieve) → stehlen

(= move quietly etc) → sich stehlen, (sich) schleichen; to steal away or off → sich weg- or davonstehlen; to steal into a room → sich in ein Zimmer stehlen; to steal up on somebody → sich an jdn heranschleichen; old age was stealing up on her → das Alter machte sich allmählich bei ihr bemerkbar; the mood/feeling which was stealing over the country → die Stimmung, die sich allmählich im Land verbreitete; he could feel happiness stealing over him → er fühlte, wie ihn ein Glücksgefühl überkam; to steal home (Baseball) → ungehindert zur Ausgangsbase vorrücken

n (US inf: = bargain) → Geschenk nt (inf); a total steal → ein echtes Schnäppchen (inf); it’s a steal! → das ist (ja) geschenkt! (inf)

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steal [stiːl] (stole (pt) (stolen (pp)))

1. vt (also) (fig) → rubare
to steal money/an idea from sb → rubare denaro/un'idea a qn
to steal a glance at sb → dare un'occhiata furtiva a qn
to steal a march on sb → battere qn sul tempo

2. vi

a. (thieve) → rubare

b. (move quietly) to steal in/out → entrare/uscire furtivamente
to steal up on sb → avvicinarsi furtivamente a qn

steal away steal off vi + adv → svignarsela, andarsene alla chetichella

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steal [stiːl] (stole (pt) (stolen (pp)))

1. vt (also) (fig) → rubare
to steal money/an idea from sb → rubare denaro/un'idea a qn
to steal a glance at sb → dare un'occhiata furtiva a qn
to steal a march on sb → battere qn sul tempo

2. vi

a. (thieve) → rubare

b. (move quietly) to steal in/out → entrare/uscire furtivamente
to steal up on sb → avvicinarsi furtivamente a qn

steal away steal off vi + adv → svignarsela, andarsene alla chetichella

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steal

v steal [stiːl]

1 to take (another person's property), especially secretly, without permission or legal right Thieves broke into the house and stole money and jewellery; He was expelled from the school because he had been stealing (money). steel يَسْرُق крада (u)krást stjæle stehlen κλέβω varastama دزديدن varastaa voler לִגנוֹב चोरी करना krasti, ukrasti (el)lop mencuri stela rubare 盗む 훔치다 vogti zagt curi stelen stjele, rane til seg kraść roubar a fura красть (u)kradnúť krasti ukrasti stjäla ขโมย çalmak 偷 красти بلا اجازت کسی کی کوءی چیز لینا ăn cắp, ăn trộm 偷

2 to obtain or take (eg a look, a nap etc) quickly or secretly He stole a glance at her. heimlik neem يَخْتَلِس، يَسْتَرِق، يأخُذُ غَفْوَةً присвоявам tajně se podívat stjæle verstohlen αρπάζω, ρίχνω, παίρνω στα κλεφτά napsama, vargsi tegema دزدكي انجام دادن tehdä jotakin salaa dérober לְהַגנִיב चुपके से देखना kradomice gledati, neprimjetno doći do čega lopva ránéz mencuri stelast til að gera e-ð (ottenere furtivamente) こっそり～する 훔쳐보다 daryti (ką) vogčiomis/slapta darīt zagšus imbas heimelijk doen kaste et stjålent blikk på (zrobić coś) ukradkiem conseguir a arun­ca o privire pe furiş делать тайком tajne ukradnúť ukrasti krišom pogledati stjäla sig till, [] förstulen [] แย่งไป kaçamak yapıvermek, gizlice yapmak 偷(看) зробити непомітно, крадькома چپکے سے دیکھنا dành được, lấy được cái gì vụng trộm, lén lút 偷（看）

3 to move quietly He stole quietly into the room. stil uitgaan يَنْسَل بِهُدوء прокрадвам се (v)krást se snige sig sich stehlen πηγαίνω στα κλεφτά, προχωρώ αθόρυβα hiilima سريع حركت كردن hiipiä aller furtivement לְהִתגַנֵב चुपके से आना-जाना šunjati se, ušuljati se lopakodik menyelinap læðast (muoversi furtivamente) そっと行く 조용히 움직이다 įslinkti zagties bergerak dengan pantas sluipen lure/liste/snike seg zakradać się esgueirar-se a (se) strecura красться vkradnúť sa prikrasti se iskrasti se smyga ฉก sıvışmak, sessizce gidivermek 溜入，溜(進) підкрадатися, крастися چپکے سے کھسک جانا chuồn, đi lén 溜入，溜（进）

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steal → يََسرِق ukrást stjæle stehlen κλέβω hurtar varastaa voler ukrasti rubare 盗む 훔치다 stelen stjele ukraść roubar красть stjäla ลักขโมย çalmak ăn cắp 偷窃