Definition of steal

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Steal (v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look..

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Shoplifting :: Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Stealth :: Stealth (v. t.) The thing stolen; stolen property.
Rig :: Rig (v. t.) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer..
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..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Steam :: Stealthy (superl.) Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
Filch :: Filch (v. t.) To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer..
Thief :: Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Convey :: Convey (v. i.) To play the thief; to steal.
Manstealing :: Manstealing (n.) The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them..
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..
Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.
Stole :: Steal (n.) A handle; a stale, or stele..
Prowl :: Prowl (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty..
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