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• steal´er — steal «steel», verb, stole, sto|len, steal|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to take (something) that does not belong to one; take dishonestly: »Robbers stole the money. Who steals my purse, st …   Useful english dictionary

• steal — vt stole, sto·len, steal·ing [Old English stelan]: to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of see also robbery, theft Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• steal — steal; steal·able; steal·age; steal·er; steal·ing·ly; …   English syllables

• ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… …   English syllables

• steal — [[t]stil[/t]] v. stole, sto•len, steal•ing, n. 1) to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force 2) to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment 3) to take, get,… …   From formal English to slang

• steal — [[t]sti͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ steals, stealing, stole, stolen 1) VERB If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it. [V n] He was accused of stealing a small boy s bicycle... [V… …   English dictionary

• filch´ing|ly — filch «fihlch», transitive verb. to steal in small quantities; pilfer: »He filched apples from the pantry. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under steal. (Cf. ↑steal) ╂[origin uncertain. Compare Middle English filchen to snatch, take as booty, Old English… …   Useful english dictionary

• con|spir´ing|ly — con|spire «kuhn SPYR», verb, spired, spir|ing. –v.i. 1. to plan secretly with others to do something unlawful or wrong; plot: »The two men conspired to steal the jewels and then sell them to a jeweler in another country. SYNONYM(S): See syn.… …   Useful english dictionary

• house|break|ing — «HOWS BRAY kihng», noun. the act of breaking into a house to steal or commit some other crime …   Useful english dictionary

• shop|break|ing — «SHOP BRAY kihng», noun. the act of breaking into and entering a store to steal or commit some other crime …   Useful english dictionary