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steal from

/steel/US // stil //UK // (stiːl) //

胠箧者流,盗取,窃取自,窃取

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    stole, sto·len, steal·ing.

    • : to take without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
    • : to appropriate without right or acknowledgment.
    • : to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance: He stole my girlfriend.
    • : to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle: They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.
    • : Baseball. to gain without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.
    • : Games. to gain by strategy, chance, or luck.
    • : to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance: The comedian stole the show.
v.无主动词 verb
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    stole, sto·len, steal·ing.

    • : to commit or practice theft.
    • : to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved: She stole out of the house at midnight.
    • : to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually: The years steal by.
    • : Baseball. to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
    • : Informal. the thing stolen; booty.
    • : Informal. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain: This dress is a steal at $40.
    • : Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Senators heard him exhort his supporters in combat terms that “the election was stolen,” to “stop the steal” and “to fight like hell.”

  • A 6-0 run with a drop-step layup from Pickett and a steal and dunk from Bile pushed the lead back up to 67-57, and every time Creighton got within true striking distance, Georgetown answered with a defensive stop and basket on the other end.

  • Well, I saw the time, score, just tried to get a quick steal .

  • In his NBA debut last December, he put his defensive skills to work on a game-saving steal against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

  • In retrospect, the deal looks like a steal as WhatsApp has become a go-to tool for billions and, more recently, as Facebook lays plans to make it the cornerstone of an e-commerce empire.

  • In “Steal This Episode,” the filmmaker denounces Homer Simpson as an “enemy of art.”

  • About how much did the group allegedly steal from Mosul banks?

  • When they steal things, they want to get all the bonus points.

  • Watch your back Liam Neeson, here comes Kevin Costner to steal your older-leading-man thunder!

  • Murderers tweet in Mexico; a history of Kansas City and did Picasso try to steal the Mona Lisa?

  • That you did not steal from her house by a secret passage, on the night of the destruction of the opera-house?

  • "I told them there was not an Indian in this village would steal cattle," said Ramona, indignantly.

  • The bank did not employ him to steal, but to perform the ordinary banking duties.

  • She was thinking she could steal out to the evening service; it might not be so much noticed then, her being alone.

  • Thus one cannot steal from the other; but either is criminally liable for an assault committed on the other.