Steal
31steal — v. & n. v. (past stole; past part. stolen) 1 tr. (also absol.) a take (another person s property) illegally. b take (property etc.) without right or permission, esp. in secret with the intention of not returning it. 2 tr. obtain surreptitiously… …
32steal — verb Steal is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑burglar, ↑hand, ↑robber, ↑thief Steal is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ball, ↑belongings, ↑car, ↑cattle, ↑election, ↑glance, ↑ …
33steal up — v. (D; intr.) ( to sneak up ) to steal up on, to (he stole up on me in the dark) * * * [ stiːl ʌp] to (he stole up on me in the dark) (D;intr.) ( to sneak up ) to steal upon …
34steal n — 1) A clean thief always makes a stainless steal. 2) Thieves have muscles of steal …
35steal — n. a bargain. □ At this price, it’s a steal. □ This car wasn’t exactly a steal at this price, but it’s still a good value …
36steal — Stale Stale (st[=a]l), n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. st[ae]l, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. steleo n a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written …
37Steal — Interception (basket ball) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Interception. L interception (ou steal en anglais) est un terme utilisé dans le basket ball pour définir l action de prendre le ballon à l adversaire, soit en le lui prenant des mains… …
38steal — 1. verb /stiːl/ a) To illegally, or without the owners permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously taking or carrying it away. The government agents stole my identity. b) To …
39steal — Synonyms and related words: abstract, acquire, adopt, advantageous purchase, and, annex, appropriate, assume, bag, bargain, boost, borrow, burglarize, burglary, buy, cabbage, caper, catch up, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench, clinch,… …
40steal — [OE] Steal comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *stel . This also produced German stehlen, Dutch stelen, Swedish stjäla, and Danish stjæle, but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. The derived stealth [13] originally meant ‘theft’ (‘I know my lord …
