1. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully
   "The shoplifter was charged with petty stealing";
   - larceny, theft, thievery, thieving

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"

Sounds like: steals, sealing, st

Derived forms: stealings

See also: slide by

Type of: advance, felony, forge ahead, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, move, pull ahead, take, win

Encyclopedia: Stealing