1. Take without the owner's consent
   "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation";
   - rip off [informal], rip [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Move stealthily
   "The ship stole away in the darkness";
   - slip
    
3. (baseball) advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch
   "He stole second base"

1. An advantageous purchase
   "she got a steal at the auction";
   - bargain, buy, snip [Brit]
    
2. A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
   "His steal of second base put him in scoring position"

Sounds like: stator, s, steal

Derived forms: steals, stealing, stolen, stole

See also: slide by

Type of: advance, ball, baseball, baseball game, forge ahead, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, move, pull ahead, purchase, take, win

Encyclopedia: Steal