steal
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to steal (third-person singular simple present steals, present participle stealing, simple past stole, past participle stolen)
- (transitive) To illegally, or without the owner's permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously taking or carrying it away.
- The government agents stole my money.
- Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.
- (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- (transitive, colloquial) To acquire at a low price.
- He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.
- (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer.
- (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
- He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
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- (to illegally take possession of): (Australia, slang): flog, (Cockney rhyming slang): half-inch, (slang): knock off, (slang): jack, lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, confiscate, convert
- See also Wikisaurus:steal
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to illegally take possession of
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to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
to draw attention
to move silently
baseball: to advance safely during the pitch
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steal (plural steals)
- The act of stealing.
- A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
- At this price, this car is a steal.
- (basketball, field hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- (baseball) A stolen base.
- (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs
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- (merchandise available at a very attractive price): bargain
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merchandise available at a very attractive price
the act of stealing
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