- larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
--1 is a kind of felony
--1 has particulars:Derived form: verb steal1 - stealth, stealing - avoiding detection by moving carefully
--2 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
Derived forms: verb steal4, verb steal2
- steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stealer1, noun stealing1
They steal the money
- steal, slip - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stealing2
Somebody ----s PP
- steal - steal a base
--3 is one way to gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun steal2
Somebody ----s something
- sneak, mouse, creep, steal, pussyfoot - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
--4 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stealing2
The children steal to the playground