steal
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
Example
“Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.”
Other meanings
To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
“They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.”
To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
“He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.”
Antonyms
- receive
- purchase
- buy
- earn
- donate
- grant
Related words
- instealing
- outsteal
- resteal
- stealable
- stealage
- stealer
- stealership
- stealth
- unsteal
- upsteal
- besteal
- forsteal
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “steal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.