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

Example: Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.

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

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

To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

Example: He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.

To acquire at a low price.

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

The action of the verb to steal, theft.

(chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.