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Steal

/stˈil/
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(verb) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.

Hunger compelled the boy to steal money from the cash register.
Hunger drove him to steal.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The fox tried to ____ a chicken from the farm, but the loud farm dog barked and scared it away.

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