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Stealing

noun

The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. Synonyms: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving.

Avoiding detection by moving carefully. Synonym: stealth.

Steal

verb

(past stole; past part. stolen; pres. part. stealing)

Take without the owner's consent. "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

Move stealthily. Synonym: slip.

Steal a base.

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"Stealing" Quotes from Famous Books

... quiet Delagarde! There's nothing worse nor still waters. He'll do his trick, and he'll have his share if the rest suck their thumbs. He doesn't wait for roasted larks to drop into his mouth—what's that!" It was Ranulph stealing away. ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... currant-bush was transplanted when our commerce with the island of Zante was first opened in the same reign. The elder Tradescant, in 1620, entered himself on board of a privateer, armed against Morocco, solely with a view of finding an opportunity of stealing apricots into Britain: and it appears that he succeeded in his design. To Sir Walter Raleigh we have not been indebted solely for the luxury of the tobacco-plant, but for that infinitely useful root, which forms a part of our daily meal, and often ...

— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) - Edited, With Memoir And Notes, By His Son, The Earl Of Beaconsfield • Isaac D'Israeli

... dint of much persistence she had succeeded in getting the leaky roof repaired, and in place of the smoky stove that had long been her despair she had one night procured a fine calorifere by the simple process of stealing it. Madame Lelanne had heard about it from the gossips. It had been brought to a lonely house at the end of the village by a major of engineers. He had returned to the trenches the day before, and the place for the time being was empty. The thieves were ...

— All Roads Lead to Calvary • Jerome K. Jerome

... "He is even stealing the roses," thought Anne, indignantly, but then, what could you expect of a man who would carry off boxes of candy ...

— Judy • Temple Bailey

... are a true woman,' said curdie. 'I am come to set things right in this house. Not one of the servants knows I am here. Will you tell them tomorrow morning that, if they do not alter their ways, and give over drinking, and lying, and stealing, and unkindness, they shall every one of them ...

— The Princess and the Curdie • George MacDonald

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