Steal

Meaning

Verb

●

To take

, or without the owner's

, something

by

without

to

it.

●

To

without

or acknowledgement.

●

To get or effect

surreptitiously

or artfully.

●

To

at a low price.

●

To

in (an

), especially by being the

. Usually used in the

the show.

●

To

or secretly.

●

To

(something) clandestinely.

●

To

or

(oneself) clandestinely.

●

In Baseball:

To

to (another

) during the

of a

, without the

of a

,

,

,

, or

indifference.

●

In Sports:

To dispossess

●

To

for a

moment.

●

take,

,

a

, use a well-worded

in

own

or writing

Noun

●

In Crime:

The

of stealing.

●

A

of

available at a very low,

price.

●

In Basketball & Ice hockey:

A

in which a

of the

or

from the opponent's team.

●

In Baseball:

A

base.

●

In Curling:

Scoring in an end without the hammer.

●

In Computing:

A

in

systems that a

which allows a

to be

on

before its

occurs.

Sourced from

Origin

steal

English

stelen

Middle English (1100-1500)

stelan

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Sourced from

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Antonyms

Highway Robbery

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