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Adjective: sneaking  snee-king
  1. Not openly expressed
    "a sneaking suspicion";
    - unavowed
Verb: sneak (sneaked, also snuck)  sneek
  1. Move stealthily or furtively
    "… stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbour's house";
    - mouse, creep, pussyfoot [informal]
     
  2. Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
    "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
     
  3. Pass on stealthily
    "He sneaked me the key when nobody was looking";
    - slip
     
  4. [informal] Take by theft
    "He was going to sneak the phone someone had left behind";
    - hook [informal], snitch [informal], thieve, cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], boost [N. Amer, informal], pilfer, cabbage [archaic, informal], purloin [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], abstract [informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], filch [informal], nobble [Brit, informal], lift [informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], whip [Brit, informal], blag [Brit, informal]

See also: concealed

Type of: act, give, hand, move, pass, pass on, reach, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal, turn over, walk

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