transcription, транскрипция: [ sti:l ]
( steals, stealing, stole, stolen)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it.
He was accused of stealing a small boy’s bicycle...
Bridge stole the money from clients’ accounts...
People who are drug addicts come in and steal...
She has since been jailed for six months for stealing from the tills.
VERB : V n , V n from n , V , V-ing
• sto‧len
We have now found the stolen car.
ADJ
2.
If you steal someone else’s ideas, you pretend that they are your own.
A writer is suing director Steven Spielberg for allegedly stealing his film idea...
VERB : V n
3.
If someone steals somewhere, they move there quietly, in a secret way. ( LITERARY )
They can steal away at night and join us...
Leroy stole up the hall to the parlor.
to steal a glance: see glance
to steal a march on someone : see march
to steal the show: see show
to steal someone’s thunder: see thunder
VERB : V adv / prep , V adv / prep