Steal
A handle; a stale, or stele.
To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
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Steal Quotations
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
William Shakespeare
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Ronald Reagan
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Theodore Roosevelt
When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
Woody Allen
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Pablo Picasso
Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old.
Erma Bombeck
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
T. S. Eliot
All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus Christ
If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.
David Ogilvy
Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.
David Ogilvy
Steal Translations
steal in Afrikaans is steel
steal in Dutch is sluipen
steal in Finnish is varastaa
steal in German is stehlen
steal in Italian is sotrarre, rubare
steal in Latin is abigo, latrocinor, corripio
steal in Norwegian is stjele
steal in Portuguese is roube
steal in Spanish is hurtar, robar, sonsacar
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