steal

CEFRA2

/stiːl/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To take something without permission.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

Examples

  • Hunger compelled the boy to steal money from the cash register.

  • Hunger drove him to steal.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

  2. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.

  3. To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

More examples

In context

  • The problem is the two bicycles stolen from us.

  • They stole all my money (from me).

  • Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.

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Origin

verb

Cognate with Bavarian stöhn (“to steal”), Dutch stelen (“to steal”), German and Low German stehlen (“to steal”), Luxembourgish stielen (“to steal”), Danish stjæle (“to steal”), Faroese stjala (“to steal”), Icelandic stela (“to steal”), Norwegian Bokmål stjele (“to steal”), Norwegian Nynorsk stela, stele (“to steal”), Swedish stjäla (“to steal”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan, “to steal”). For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”). etymology notes Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include * Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω...