Steal

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force 1.2 to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment. 1.3 to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance 1.4 to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually fol. by away, from, in, into, etc.) 1.5 Baseball . (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch. 1.6 Games . to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck. 1.7 to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to commit or practice theft. 2.2 to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved 2.3 to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually 2.4 Baseball . (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball. 3 Noun 3.1 Informal . an act of stealing; theft. 3.2 Informal . the thing stolen; booty. 3.3 Informal . something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain 3.4 Baseball . the act of advancing a base by stealing. ? 4 Idiom 4.1 steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words 5 Antonyms 5.1 verb 6 Synonyms 6.1 verb 6.2 noun

Verb (used with object)

to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force

A pickpocket stole his watch.

to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.

to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance

He stole my girlfriend.

to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually fol. by away, from, in, into, etc.)

They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.

Baseball . (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.

Games . to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.

to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance

The comedian stole the show.

Verb (used without object)

to commit or practice theft.

to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved

She stole out of the house at midnight.

to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually

The years steal by.

Baseball . (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.

Noun

Informal . an act of stealing; theft.

Informal . the thing stolen; booty.

Informal . something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain

This dress is a steal at

Baseball . the act of advancing a base by stealing. ?

Idiom

steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words

etc.

Antonyms

verb

give , receive

Synonyms

verb

abduct , appropriate , blackmail , burglarize , carry off , cheat , cozen , defraud , despoil , divert , embezzle , heist , hold for ransom , hold up , housebreak * , keep , kidnap , lift * , loot , make off with , misappropriate , peculate , pilfer , pillage , pinch * , pirate , plagiarize , plunder , poach , purloin , ransack , remove , rifle , rip off * , run off with , sack * , shoplift , snitch * , spirit away * , stick up * , strip , swindle , swipe , take , take possession of , thieve , walk off with , withdraw , creep , flit , glide , go stealthily , insinuate , lurk , pass quietly , skulk , slide , slink , slip , snake , tiptoe , filch , snatch , mouse , prowl , pussyfoot , abscond , abstract , bargain , bribe , convert , cop , creep furtively , crib , defalcate , extort , extract , grab , hijack , hook , liberate , lift , misapply , nim , pinch , pocket , rapine loot , ratten , rob , rustle , shaft , sneak , snitch , theft

noun

pilferage , theft , thievery