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Pronunciation

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Noun

The action of the verb to steal.

Verb

stealing

Anagrams

hu:stealing te:stealing vi:stealing

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Steal \Steal\ (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. Stole (st[=o]l); p. p.
Stolen (st[=o]"l'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Stealing.] [OE.
stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG.
stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[aum]la, Dan.
stiaele, Goth. stilan.]
1. To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without
right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to
steal the personal goods of another.
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Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence
Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense.
--Chaucer.
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The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets
in alms. --G. Eliot.
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2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to
creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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They could insinuate and steal themselves under the
same by their humble carriage and submission.
--Spenser.
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He will steal himself into a man's favor. --Shak.
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3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
--2 Sam. xv.
6.
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4. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible
degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and
imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
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Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the
mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --I.
Watts.
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5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course,
profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal
it. --Bacon.
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To steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an
advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now
by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march
upon one's political rivals.
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She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy.
--Smollett.
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Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over
the sea. --Walpole.
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Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stealing \Steal"ing\, n.
1. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of
another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
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2. That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in
the plural.
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WordNet stealing
n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: larceny,
theft, thievery, thieving]
2: avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealth]

Moby Dictionary
abstraction , all fours , annexation , appropriation , blackmail ,
boodle , boosting , booty , burglary , conversion , conveyance , crawl ,
crawling , creep , creeping , doggo , embezzlement , filching , fraud ,
furtive , graft , gumshoeing , haul , hidden out , hot goods , in ambush ,
in hiding , in the wings , larceny , liberation , lift , lifting , loot ,
lurking , nightwalking , on tiptoe , padding , peculation , perks ,
perquisite , pickings , pilferage , pilfering , pinch , pinching ,
piracy , pirating , plagiarism , plagiarizing , plunder , poaching ,
pork barrel , prize , prowling , public till , public trough ,
purloining , pussyfoot , pussyfooted , pussyfooting , robbery , robbing ,
scrabble , scramble , scrounging , shoplifting , sidling , skulking ,
slinking , snaking , snatching , sneak thievery , sneaking , snitching ,
spoil , spoils , spoils of office , squeeze , steal , stealage ,
stealings , stealthy , stolen goods , surreptitious , swag , swindle ,
swiping , take , theft , thievery , thieving , till , tippytoe , tiptoe ,
tiptoeing , touch , under cover , waiting concealed , worming

Stealing See {THEFT}.

STEALING. This term imports, ex vi termini, nearly the same as larceny; but in common parlance, it does not always import a felony; as, for example, you stole an acre of my land. 2. In slander cases, it seems that the term stealing takes its complexion from the subject-matter to which it is applied, and will be considered as intended of a felonious stealing, if a felony could have been committed of such subject-matter. Stark. on Slan. 80; 12 Johns. Rep. 239; 3 Binn. R. 546; Whart. Dig. tit. Slander.