Definition of steal

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Steal (v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.

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Parosteal :: Parosteal () Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To steal; to rob; to filch.
Furtive :: Furtive (a.) Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look..
Stealing :: Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing..
Thuggee :: Thuggee (n.) The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice..
Surrey :: Surreptitious (a.) Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods..
Steal :: Stealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stea.
Piracy :: Piracy (n.) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land..
Stole :: Steal (n.) A handle; a stale, or stele..
Abactor :: Abactor (n.) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.
Kleptomania :: Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..
Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..
Catlike :: Catlike (a.) Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.
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