v. 25B6; verb
the raiders stole a fax machine : PURLOIN, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, run off with, carry off, shoplift; embezzle, misappropriate; have one's fingers/hand in the till; informal walk off with, rob, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, liberate, borrow, filch, snaffle, snitch; Brit. informal nick, pinch, half-inch, whip, knock off, nobble; N. Amer. informal heist; formal peculate.
his work was stolen by his tutor : PLAGIARIZE, copy, pass off as one's own, pirate, poach, borrow; informal rip off, lift, pinch, nick, crib.
he stole a kiss : SNATCH, sneak, get stealthily/surreptitiously.
he stole out of the room : CREEP, sneak, slink, slip, slide, glide, tiptoe, sidle, slope, edge.
25B6; noun (informal) at £30 it's a steal. : See bargain noun sense 2.