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- Dictionarysteal/stēl/
verb
- 1. take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it: "thieves stole her bicycle" Similar
- 2. move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously: "he stole down to the kitchen" Similar
noun
- 1. a bargain: informal "for $5 it was a steal" Similar
- 2. an act of stealing something: North American "New York's biggest art steal" Similar
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1. a. : to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully. stole a car. b. : to take away by force or unjust means. they've stolen our liberty. c. : to take surreptitiously or without permission. steal a kiss. d. : to appropriate to oneself or beyond one's proper share : make oneself the focus of.
STEAL definition: 1. to take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it: 2. to do…. Learn more.
Steal definition: to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force. See examples of STEAL used in a sentence.
To steal is take something that isn't yours: thieves steal. But a bargain that's so good it's almost like you're getting away with robbery is also called a steal. Stealing is what thieves do: taking things from other people. A bank robber steals money. A mugger steals purses and wallets.
If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it.
steal. (stēl) v.stole(stōl), sto·len(stō′lən), steal·ing, steals. v.tr. 1. To take (the property of another) without right or permission. 2. To present or use (someone else's words or ideas) as one's own. 3. To get or take secretly or artfully: steal a look at a diary; steal the puck from an opponent. 4.
(literary) to kiss somebody suddenly or secretly. steal a march (on somebody) [no passive] to gain an advantage over somebody by doing something before them. The company is looking at ways to steal a march on its European competitors.
