steal

Definitions

• (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
• (transitive) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
• (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
• (transitive) To acquire at a low price.
• (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
• (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
• (transitive) To convey (something) clandestinely.
• To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
• (transitive) 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.
• (sports) To dispossess
• (informal) To borrow for a short moment.