Steal is an English word with synonyms like advance or gain. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Steal in a sentence
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Steal meaning
- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
Synonyms of Steal
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Using Steal
- The main meaning on this page is: To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. | To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement. | To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- Useful related words include: bargain, pull ahead, win, advance.
- Possible Dutch translations are: stelen, ontvreemden, jatten.
- In the example corpus, steal often appears in combinations such as: to steal, steal the, steal and.
Example sentences (20)
A steal is normally either an "ante steal" or "blind steal" (depending on whether the game being played uses antes or blinds ).
Featuring sharp animation and voice talent, Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal is a great way to introduce young audiences to the world of Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego.
Wilkes has been handed six years for conspiracy to steal BMWs and six years for conspiracy to steal HGVs and trailers, with the sentences to be served concurrently.
I've had people steal cutlery, salt and pepper shakers, Christmas decorations, menus, attempt to steal the bar mats, even had someone try to take our trestle table,' one wrote.
The 37-year-old was sentenced after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit a non-dwelling burglary with intent to steal and conspiracy to steal from another following a trial at Leicester Crown Court in February.
We are all human, most of the time I can have a chat with them and they leave without any trouble - people don't steal for fun, they steal because they have no option.
Some will kill for it, steal it or steal for it, lie for it, do whatever it takes to get more, just to have more — and plenty of people get shafted in the process.
A 28-year-old man from Herne Bay faces charges of conspiracy to steal, burgle as well as robbery and a 43-year-old from the town faces charges of conspiracy to steal and burgle.
Luke Smith netted 16 points, grabbed four rebounds, and one steal, followed by Dylan Haymon with 13 points, three rebounds and one steal.
Steal something… steal that pencil,” the radio host explained.
They can steal data, they can steal privacy, they can modify documents, you can spoof identities, you either hide your true identity or take on someone else’s.
And in our service rules, if steal a dime; if you steal one butut; you should be summarily be dismissed.
Kidsburgh Kidcast Event Calendar 12/14/18 « CBS PittsburghPolice Say Man Used Distraction, Sleight Of Hand To Steal Gift CardsState police say a man used deception and sleight of hand to steal gift cards from a Mount Pleasant Dollar General.
Or can they steal a base in a big spot against Maldonado, who was second in the majors this year by throwing out more than 45 percent of runners attempting to steal?
A stolen base would be awarded to runners who successfully stole second base as a part of a double steal with a man on third, if the other runner failed to steal home, but instead was able to return safely to third base.
If C uses the car in an unauthorised way, C will steal the car from A and B Ltd. This means that it is possible to steal one's own property.
Aaron Blake, another tenor, also threatened to steal the show when he opened the fourth and final act as a smoothly elegant Garter King of Arms.
According to him, the prime suspect who is a neighbour to the victim’s father, upon interrogation, confessed to have conspired with the other suspects, all of Orange market, to steal the child.
According to research released today by Symantec, the threat actor, named Shuckworm (or Gamaredon) has been observed gaining access and lurking in Ukrainian systems for months at a time in an effort to steal wartime intelligence.
According to the report, thieves are now using radio devices to steal the signal from your keys while you have them in your possession.
Common combinations with steal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to steal 97×
- steal the 28×
- steal and 16×
- and steal 14×
- steal it 8×
- can steal 5×
- the steal 5×
- would steal 5×
- steal your 5×
- steal his 5×