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- DictionarySteal/stēl/
verb
- 1. take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it: "thieves stole her bicycle"
- 2. move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously: "he stole down to the kitchen"
noun
- 1. a bargain: informal "for $5 it was a steal"
- 2. an act of stealing something: North American "New York's biggest art steal"
: to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully. stole a car. b. : to take away by force or unjust means. they've stolen our liberty. c. : to take surreptitiously or without permission.
STEAL definition: 1. to take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it: 2. to do…. Learn more.
Steal definition: to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force. See examples of STEAL used in a sentence.
To steal is take something that isn't yours: thieves steal. But a bargain that's so good it's almost like you're getting away with robbery is also called a steal.
Definition of steal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force. 2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment. 3. to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance: He stole my girlfriend.
STEAL meaning: 1. to secretly take something that does not belong to you, without intending to return it: 2. to…. Learn more.
to get the attention, success, etc. that someone else was expecting, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do. See steal in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: steal. Definition of steal verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
Definition of steal noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it.
