Definition of steal

• n. - A handle; a stale, or stele.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
• v. t. - To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
• v. t. - To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
• v. t. - To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
• v. i. - To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
• v. i. - To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.