steal, pilfer, filch, purloin mean to take from another without right or without detection. steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to …

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.

Steal is the most general: stole a car; steals research from colleagues. To purloin is to make off with something, often in a breach of trust: purloined the key to his cousin's safe-deposit box.

3 days ago · steal (third-person singular simple present steals, present participle stealing, simple past stole, past participle stolen or (nonstandard, colloquial) stole) (transitive) To take illegally, or without …

Definition of steal verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to take (the property of another) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force: [~ + object] Someone stole my dad's car last night. [no object] The two brothers were always stealing from each …

Some common synonyms of steal are filch, pilfer, and purloin. While all these words mean "to take from another without right or without detection," steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something …

STEAL definition: 1. to secretly take something that does not belong to you, without intending to return it: 2. to…. Learn more.

Burglars broke into the house and stole a computer. (Definition of steal from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)