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