Word Finder - stole

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To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

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Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.

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(of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

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They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.

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To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

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He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.

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To acquire at a low price.

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He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.

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To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

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To move silently or secretly.

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He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.

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To convey (something) clandestinely.

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To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

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To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

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To dispossess

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To borrow for a short moment.

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Can I steal your pen?

If she stole something from you, I'll return it.

She left the hold and stole away to the north gate.

I think I've loved you since I stole your soul.

I will speak to Sasha to determine what it is he stole, and if it is rightfully owned by the Dark One, which it must be in order for you to reclaim it.

About the same time the orarium, or stole (q.v.), becomes fixed in liturgical use.

She stole a glance at Cynthia.

Sometimes I rose at dawn and stole into the garden while the heavy dew lay on the grass and flowers.

Kinda used up all my resources and then stole everyone else's.

When he had finished the Litany the deacon crossed the stole over his breast and said, "Let us commit ourselves and our whole lives to Christ the Lord!"

She stole a glance at his troubled features and then laughed.

Ah, but you see, she is the one who stole mine.

The couple was newly married, Bird Song still under construction, and with Fred out of town, they stole two days on a camping honeymoon.

He stole her from me just like he did you.

You stole him from me, just as Rhyn stole Lilith from you.

For all I know, you stole something that'll cause your enemies to destroy my people, he said.

Her arms stole around his neck and she ran trembling fingers through the soft hair on the back of his head.

He rose to leave and then added, Whatever the age of that skeleton, the facts still remain that someone swapped the bones, someone stole the finger and 'metalman29' was offering an inflated price for the mine.

She wrote about some stuff she heard him say in his sleep; stuff about bad guys who stole kids.

Somebody switched the bones, stole the finger, and took the cigarette tin.

A kid who stole matches so he could light spiders on fire and watch how far they ran.

A violet stole is worn by the priest when giving absolution after confession, and when administering Extreme Unction.

One wicked witch named Mombi stole him and carried him away, keeping him as a prisoner.

It never sat well with him that those charged with enforcing Death's mission served not out of choice but obligation to the deity that stole their souls.

It was our father.s crypt, until yesterday, when Sasha stole our father.s body.

On the other hand, it was from Spain and Gaul that Rome probably received the orarium (stole) as an ensign of the major orders.

Over this the priest, robing for mass, puts on the amice, alb, girdle (cingulum), stole, maniple and chasuble.

An Orthodox bishop, vested for the holy liturgy, wears over his cassock - (i) the rnxcipcov, or alb (q.v.); the E7nrpay,Acov, or stole (q.v.); (3) the a narrow stuff girdle clasped behind, which holds together the two vestments above named; (4) the E7 n, uaviexa, liturgical cuffs, corresponding, possibly, to the pontifical gloves of the West;' (5) the i 7rtyovarcov, a stiff lozengeshaped piece of stuff hanging at the right side by a piece of riband from the girdle or attached to the o-AKKos, the equivalent of the Western maniple (q.v.); (6) the like the Western dalmatic (q.v.), worn instead of the 4acv6Acov, or chasuble; (7) the c?µocp6pcov, the equivalent of the Western pallium (q.v.).

Very much so, especially when you consider she stole your heart not once but twice.

Victor's smug laugh stole Jackson's breath, So touching, these feelings you have for a werewolf.

In general it is laid down (cap. i.) that the priest, in benedictions outside the Mass, shall be vested in surplice and stole, and shall give the blessing standing and bare-headed.

Bishops, as belonging to the order of priesthood with completed powers, wear the same vestments as the priests, with the addition of ' The stole and maniple alone are symbolical of order, i.e.

He is vested in surplice, stole and cope.

Then she added, with a dismissive wave of her hand, "That retarded child probably stole it."

According to others, Pandareus stole a golden dog which guarded the temple of Zeus in Crete, and gave it to Tantalus to take care of.

At baptisms the priest wears a violet stole during the first part of the service, i.e.

He stole some jewelry and money from her and ran away.

We stole one weekend together, remaining in New York, before answering a summons to join the others in Massachusetts.

Deidre was being asked by the woman who stole her lover and her destiny for advice.

Which you then stole.

Probably fighting over who stole whose cat when they were five.

If he stole the seed, rations or fodder, the Code enacted that his fingers should be cut off.

A sort of symbolic retaliation was the punishment of the offending member, seen in the cutting off the hand that struck a father or stole a trust; in cutting off the breast of a wet-nurse who substituted a changeling for the child entrusted to her; in the loss of the tongue that denied father or mother (in the Elamite contracts the same penalty was inflicted for perjury); in the loss of the eye that pried into forbidden secrets.

Last night when I got in bed, she stole into my arms of her own accord and kissed me for the first time, and I thought my heart would burst, so full was it of joy.

As long as each thought the other stole their lousy couple of a million the fur kept flying.

One cute little fellow stole her hair-ribbon, and another tried to snatch the flowers out of her hat.

It was very exciting at that season to roam the then boundless chestnut woods of Lincoln--they now sleep their long sleep under the railroad--with a bag on my shoulder, and a stick to open burs with in my hand, for I did not always wait for the frost, amid the rustling of leaves and the loud reproofs of the red squirrels and the jays, whose half-consumed nuts I sometimes stole, for the burs which they had selected were sure to contain sound ones.

In an attempt to do so, he broke into the surrogate mother's home and stole anything he could get his thieving hands on that had to do with Parker and Broderick.

If you don't find them, then it's obvious that the board game gnomes took them and are having fun with the guys who stole your socks from the dryer.

Bring a wry smile to the lips of every parade attendee with this clever take on the classic Dr. Seuss tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

For example, some families may want to create scenes straight out of a favorite book or movie, like The Polar Express or How the Grinch Stole Christmas.