English

Pronunciation
enPR|st�l, IPA|/sti�l/, /sti:l/
audio|en-us-steal.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|i�l

Homophones
steel

Etymology
OE. stelan.

Verb
en-verb|steals|stealing|stole|stolen

1. transitive To illegally, or without the owner's permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously take|taking or carrying it away.

#:The government agents stole my money.
#:Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.

1. transitive To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
2. transitive To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer.
3. intransitive To move silently or secretly.

#:He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.

1. context|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.

Synonyms
i-c|Australia, slang flog
i-c|Cockney rhyming slang half-inch
i-c|slang knock off, lift, nick, pinch, pocket
rob
thieve
confiscate

Related terms
shoplift
steal away

Translations
trans-top|to illegally take possession of
Albanian: vjedh
Arabic: ARchar|سر� unicode|(sáraqa)
Catalan: robar
Chinese: � (t�u)
Croatian: krasti
Czech: ukrást
Dutch: stelen, ontvreemden, jatten
Esperanto: �teli
Finnish: varastaa, ryövätä
French: voler
German: stehlen, entwenden, coll. klauen
Guaraní: monda
Hebrew: �נ� (ganav)
Hungarian: lop#Hungarian|lop
Indonesian: curi|mencuri
Italian: rubare
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Japanese: �� (���, nusumu)
Korean: ��� (humchida)
Kurdish: KUchar|دز��
Latin: furari
Mapudungun: weñen
Norwegian: stjele
Polish: kra��
Portuguese: furtar
Romanian: fura
Russian: к�аc�� (krast�), во�ова��
Slovene: ukrasti
Spanish: robar
Swedish: stjäla, sno (informal), knycka (informal)
Telugu: ద���ిలి��� (doMgiliMcu)
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trans-top|to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
German: stehlen
Finnish: varkain, vaivihkaa
Norwegian: stjele
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Polish: skrada� (si�)
Portuguese: surrupiar, surripiar
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trans-top|to draw attention
Dutch: stelen
German: stehlen, rauben
Finnish: viedä, varastaa (huomio)
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Norwegian: stjele
Portuguese: roubar
Telugu: �����ివ�య� (koTTivEyu), ������య� (koTTEyu)
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trans-top|to move silently
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Swedish: smyga
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trans-top|baseball: to advance safely during the pitch
Finnish: kärkkyä
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Interlingua: furar, robar
ttbc|Japanese: �� (���, nusumu)
ttbc|Spanish: hurtar, robar
ttbc|Tupinambá: mondá

See also
burglarize
burgle
pickpocket
pilfer
confiscate

Noun
en-noun|-

1. informal A cheap item.

#:At $5, that jacket was an amazing steal.

1. The act of stealing.
2. baseball A stolen base.
3. curling Scoring in an end without the hammer.

Synonyms
i-c|cheap item bargain

Translations
trans-top|a cheap item
Dutch: koopje n
German: Schnäppchen n
Hebrew: �צ��� f
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ttbc|Italian: furto m
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trans-top|the act of stealing
Dutch: diefstal m, roof m
German: Diebstahl m, Raub m
Hebrew: �נ��� f
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Portuguese: roubo, furto m
Telugu: ద���తన� (dongatanam)
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trans-top|a stolen base
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Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English transitive verbs

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