steal
The act of stealingThe act of stealing.
» Some of the money was stolen.
Ein Teil des Geldes wurde gestohlen. — MUIRIEL
Часть денег была украдена. — Biga
Частину грошей було вкрадено. — aandrusiak
Частину грошей вкрали. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesThe act of stealing.
Diebstahl, Raub
кра́жаkráža
(figuratively, slang)A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
Near-synonyms: bargain, good value, value for money
At this price, this car is a steal.
Schnäppchen
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
A stolen base.
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- an advantageous purchase
Examples
3239 sentencesSome of the money was stolen.
Частину грошей було вкрадено. — aandrusiak
ruЧасть денег была украдена. — Biga
deEin Teil des Geldes wurde gestohlen. — MUIRIEL
My car was stolen last night.
Мою машину було вкрадено минулої ночі. — ChickenKiev
ruМою машину вчера ночью украли. — shanghainese
deMein Auto ist letzte Nacht gestohlen worden. — Sudajaengi
Someone has stolen all my money.
Хтось украв всі мої гроші. — ChickenKiev
ruКто-то украл все мои деньги. — Hellerick
deJemand hat mir mein ganzes Geld gestohlen. — al_ex_an_der
He had his car stolen yesterday.
Вчора вкрали його машину. — deniko
ruВчера украли его машину. — Balamax
deGestern wurde ihm sein Auto gestohlen. — juwu
I had my car stolen last night.
Мою машину було вкрадено минулої ночі. — ChickenKiev
ruПрошлой ночью у меня украли машину. — shanghainese
deMir wurde gestern Abend der Wagen gestohlen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *sInherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
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Forms
plural: stealsSynonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- one who stole
- stole the money
- who stole my
- has been stolen
- who stole your
- stealing money from
- stole my wallet
- stole my bicycle
- stole his bicycle
- someone stole my
- stealing money
- trying to steal
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.