Definition of Steal
1. Noun. An advantageous purchase. "The stock was a real buy at that price"
Generic synonyms: Purchase
Specialized synonyms: Song, Travel Bargain
Derivative terms: Bargain, Buy, Buy
2. Verb. Take without the owner's consent. "They steal the money "; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
Specialized synonyms: Abstract, Cabbage, Filch, Hook, Lift, Nobble, Pilfer, Pinch, Purloin, Snarf, Sneak, Swipe, Lift, Rustle, Shoplift, Pirate, Lift, Plagiarise, Plagiarize, Bag, Pocket, Defalcate, Embezzle, Malversate, Misappropriate, Peculate, Rob, Cop, Glom, Hook, Knock Off, Snitch, Thieve, Walk Off, Hustle, Pluck, Roll, Loot, Plunder, Burglarise, Burglarize, Burgle, Heist
Derivative terms: Stealer, Stealing
3. Noun. 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).
4. Verb. Move stealthily. "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
Generic synonyms: Move
Derivative terms: Slip, Slip, Stealing
Also: Slip Away, Steal Away
5. Verb. Steal a base.
Generic synonyms: Advance, Gain, Gain Ground, Get Ahead, Make Headway, Pull Ahead, Win
Definition of Steal
1. n. A handle; a stale, or stele.
2. 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.
3. v. i. To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
Definition of Steal
1. to take without right or permission [v STOLE or STAW, STOLEN, STEALING, STEALS]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Steal
Literary usage of Steal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"was to steal. No error of law being complained of, it was not error to refuse a
... Neither larceny nor the intent to steal is an essential element in the ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"oI LOVE TO steal AWHILE AWAY I LOVE to steal awhile away From every cumbering
care, And spend the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... he had the felonious intent ID steal the property at the time the possession
was obtained. The authority of these cases is not questioned. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"At last they steal us from ourselves away. Pope. Still from his little he could
something spare, To feed the hungry, and to clothe the bare. day, Il-i,:. ..."
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