steal (st l)v. stole (st  l), sto·len (st l n), 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. Idiom: 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. 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. [Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan.] steal er 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. |
steal
Verb
[stealing, stole, stolen]
1. to take (something) from someone without permission or unlawfully
2. to use (someone else's ideas or work) without acknowledgment
3. to move quietly and carefully, not wanting to be noticed: my father stole up behind her
4. steal the show (of a performer) to draw the audience's attention to oneself and away from the other performers
5. to obtain or do (something) stealthily: I stole a glance behind
Noun
US, Canad & NZ informal something acquired easily or at little cost [Old English stelan]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  steal - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"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 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 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" 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 |
| 2. | steal - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" 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" |
steal
verb 1. take, nick (slang), chiefly Brit. pinch (informal) lift (informal) cabbage Brit. (slang) swipe (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
Translations
steal [pt stole, pp stolen] [stiːl, stəul, ˈstəuln] vt, vi → robar
steal away, steal off vi → marcharse furtivamente, escabullirse
steal [stole , pt , stolen , pp ] [stiːl, stəul, ˈstəuln] vt, vi → voler (= move); se faufiler, se déplacer furtivement;
my wallet has been stolen → on m'a volé mon portefeuille
steal away, steal off vi → s'esquiver
steal [stiːl] [stole , pt , stolen , pp ] vt → stehlen
vi → stehlen;
(move secretly) → sich stehlen, schleichen
steal away steal vi → sich davonschleichen
steal [pt stole, pp stolen] [stiːl, stəul, ˈstəuln] vt → rubare
vi (= thieve) → rubare
steal away, steal off vi → svignarsela, andarsene alla chetichella
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 ...을 (몰래) 훔치다, 도용하다 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 ...을 남모르는 사이에 하다 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 몰래 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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