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Meaning Of Steal

  1. n.
    A handle; a stale, or stele.
  2. v. t.
    To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
  3. v. t.
    To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
  4. v. t.
    To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
  5. v. t.
    To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
  6. v. t.
    To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
  7. v. i.
    To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
  8. v. i.
    To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.



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