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Steal
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Steal
/stiːl/
To take something that does not belong to you without permission, intending to keep it.
Synonyms:
thieve
purloin
filch
swipe
heist
Antonyms:
give
donate
offer
present
return
Examples:
Arthur Gride had the papers, but his housekeeper has
stolen
them.
"I have no intention of
stealing
your men.
Apparently, someone
stole
his data-pad."
Etymology:
From Old English
stelan
, meaning to commit theft, with roots in Proto-Germanic
stelana
; related to the German
stehlen
and Dutch
stelen
.
Usage Statistics:
69 mentions per 1 million words
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