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English Dictionary: stealing	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for stealing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stealing n the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" Synonym(s): larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing avoiding detection by moving carefully Synonym(s): stealth, stealing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steal \Steal\, v. t. [imp. {Stole}; p. p. {Stolen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stealing}.] [OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[84]la, Dan. sti[91]le, Goth. stilan.] 1. 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. Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or borrow, thy dispense. --Chaucer. The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in [?]lms. --G. Eliot. 2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate. They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission. --Spenser. He will steal himself into a man's favor. --Shak. 3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. --2 Sam. xv. 6. 4. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away. Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --I. Watts. 5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look. Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal it. --Bacon. {To steal a march}, to march in a covert way; to gain an advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march upon one's political rivals. She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy. --Smollett. Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over the sea. --Walpole. Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stealing \Steal"ing\, n. 1. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny. 2. That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Stealing See {THEFT}.