Definition of steal

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

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Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate..
Otosteal :: Otosteal (n.) An auditory ossicle.
Insinuating :: Insinuating (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly..
Pirate :: Pirate (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor..
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager..
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Stealer :: Stealer (n.) One who steals; a thief.
Insinuative :: Insinuative (a.) Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.
Furtive :: Furtive (a.) Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look..
Thief :: Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Stealth :: Stealth (v. t.) The act of stealing; theft.
Purloin :: Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
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..
Sneak :: Sneak (v. i.) To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company..
Pilfer :: Pilfer (v. i.) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft..
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..
Prowl :: Prowl (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle..
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