steal
/stˈil/
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Definitions
Noun
an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
Noun
a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
Verb
take without the owner''s consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
Verb
move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
Verb
steal a base
More General Terms
advance
baseball
baseball game
gain
gain ground
get ahead
make headway
move
pull ahead
purchase
take
win
More Specific Terms
abstract
bag
burglarise
burglarize
burgle
cabbage
cop
defalcate
embezzle
filch
glom
heist
hook
hustle
knock off
lift
loot
malversate
misappropriate
nobble
peculate
pilfer
pinch
pirate
plagiarise
plagiarize
pluck
plunder
pocket
purloin
rob
roll
rustle
shoplift
snarf
sneak
snitch
song
swipe
thieve
travel bargain
walk off