What is another word for steal?
992 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stˈiːl], [ stˈiːl], [ s_t_ˈiː_l]
Stealing is an illegal and unethical action that involves taking something without permission or the owner's knowledge. There are several synonyms for "steal" that can be used to describe this activity. One of the most common synonyms is "rob," which is an act of taking something from someone forcibly or through intimidation. Another synonym is "purloin," which means to steal something, especially in a sneaky or secretive way. Other synonyms for stealing include "thieve," "filch," "pilfer," and "embezzle." All of these words describe various types of theft, whether it be stealing from a person, a business, or a government entity. Regardless of the word used, stealing is never acceptable and is punishable by law.
Synonyms for Steal:
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adj.
• cheap- at a bargain ,
- bargain-basement ,
- bargain-counter ,
- bought for a song ,
- cheapo ,
- cost next to nothing ,
- cut price ,
- cut-price ,
- cut-rate ,
- easy on the pocketbook ,
- half-priced ,
- low tariff ,
- low-cost ,
- marked down ,
- on sale ,
- popularly priced ,
- real buy ,
- saler ,
- uncostly ,
- undear ,
- worth the money ,
- Depreciated ,
- budget ,
- competitive ,
- dime a dozen ,
- irregular ,
- low-priced ,
- lowered ,
- moderate ,
- nominal ,
- reasonable ,
- reduced ,
- sale ,
- slashed ,
- standard ,
- utility .
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n.
• bargain • buy • larceny- mis appropriation ,
- mis appropriations ,
- mis-appropriation ,
- mis-appropriations ,
- pilferings ,
- purloinings ,
- thievings .
- slip .
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v.
• abstract • borrow • break in • burglarize- brake in to ,
- brake into ,
- break in to ,
- breaking in to ,
- breaks in to ,
- breaks into ,
- broke in to ,
- broke into .
- DO ,
- ape ,
- burlesque ,
- echo ,
- embody ,
- emulate ,
- epitomize ,
- fake ,
- follow ,
- follow suit ,
- illustrate ,
- incarnate ,
- mimic ,
- mirror ,
- mock ,
- model ,
- parody ,
- personify ,
- phony ,
- prefigure ,
- repeat ,
- sham ,
- take off ,
- travesty ,
- typify .
- approached unnoticed ,
- approaches unnoticed ,
- approaching unnoticed ,
- crawl all fours ,
- crawl fours ,
- crawl on fours ,
- crawled all fours ,
- crawled fours ,
- crawled on all fours ,
- crawled on fours ,
- crawling all fours ,
- crawling fours ,
- crawling on all fours ,
- crawling on fours ,
- crawls all fours ,
- crawls fours ,
- crawls on all fours ,
- crawls on fours ,
- gumshoed ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuated ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating .
- in filtrate ,
- in filtrated ,
- in filtrates ,
- in filtrating ,
- in-filtrate ,
- in-filtrated ,
- in-filtrates ,
- in-filtrating ,
- nosed out ,
- noses out ,
- nosing out ,
- slipped past ,
- slipping by ,
- slipping past ,
- slips past ,
- slipt by ,
- slipt past ,
- squeezed by ,
- squeezed past ,
- squeezes by ,
- squeezes past ,
- squeezing by ,
- squeezing past .
- GIPS ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- gipped ,
- gipping ,
- pulled a fast one ,
- pulled fast one ,
- pulling a fast one ,
- pulling fast one ,
- pulls a fast one ,
- pulls fast one ,
- ripping off ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- taking for a ride ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride .
- dis obey ,
- dis obeyed ,
- dis obeying ,
- dis obeys ,
- dis-obey ,
- dis-obeyed ,
- dis-obeying ,
- dis-obeys ,
- in fracted ,
- in fringe ,
- in fringed ,
- in fringes ,
- in fringing ,
- in-fracted ,
- in-fringe ,
- in-fringed ,
- in-fringes ,
- in-fringing ,
- infracts .
- bodied snatch ,
- bodies snatch ,
- bodying snatch ,
- bundled off ,
- bundles off ,
- bundling off ,
- carries away ,
- carries off ,
- carrying away ,
- carrying off ,
- co axed ,
- co axing ,
- co-axed ,
- co-axing ,
- de coy ,
- de coyed ,
- de coying ,
- de coys ,
- de-coy ,
- de-coyed ,
- de-coying ,
- de-coys ,
- laid hands on ,
- laying hands on ,
- made off with ,
- made with ,
- make with ,
- makes off with ,
- makes with ,
- making with ,
- ran away with ,
- running away with ,
- runs away with ,
- spirited away ,
- spiriting away ,
- spirits away .
- concealing oneself ,
- conceals oneself ,
- goes furtively ,
- going furtively ,
- lie wait ,
- lied in wait ,
- lied wait ,
- lies in wait ,
- lies wait ,
- lying wait ,
- staid hidden ,
- stayed hidden ,
- staying hidden ,
- stays hidden ,
- went furtively .
- de falcate ,
- de falcated ,
- de-falcate ,
- de-falcated ,
- mis applied ,
- mis applies ,
- mis apply ,
- mis applying ,
- mis appropriate ,
- mis appropriated ,
- mis appropriates ,
- mis appropriating ,
- mis employ ,
- mis employed ,
- mis employing ,
- mis employs ,
- mis-applied ,
- mis-applies ,
- mis-apply ,
- mis-applying ,
- mis-appropriate ,
- mis-appropriated ,
- mis-appropriates ,
- mis-appropriating ,
- mis-employ ,
- mis-employed ,
- mis-employing ,
- mis-employs ,
- misemployed ,
- misemploying ,
- misemploys .
- purse snatch ,
- purse snatched ,
- purse snatches ,
- purse snatching ,
- purse-snatched ,
- purse-snatches ,
- pursesnatch ,
- pursesnatched ,
- pursesnatches ,
- pursesnatching ,
- sticked up .
- goes barefoot ,
- going barefoot ,
- pitter patter ,
- pitter pattered ,
- pitter pattering ,
- pitter patters ,
- pitter-pattered ,
- pitter-pattering ,
- pitter-patters ,
- pitterpatter ,
- pitterpattered ,
- pitterpattering ,
- pitterpatters ,
- went barefoot .
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils .
- para phrase ,
- para phrased ,
- para phrases ,
- para phrasing ,
- para-phrase ,
- para-phrased ,
- para-phrases ,
- para-phrasing .
- fished illegally ,
- fishes illegally ,
- fishing illegally ,
- hunted illegally ,
- hunting illegally ,
- hunts illegally .
- am noncommittal ,
- art noncommittal ,
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- beats around the bush ,
- being noncommittal ,
- duck issues ,
- ducked issues ,
- ducked the issues ,
- ducking issues ,
- ducking the issues ,
- ducks issues ,
- ducks the issues ,
- hem haw ,
- is noncommittal ,
- play close the vest ,
- play close to the vest ,
- play close to vest ,
- play close vest ,
- play it close the vest ,
- play it close to vest ,
- play it close vest ,
- played close the vest ,
- played close to the vest ,
- played close to vest ,
- played close vest ,
- played it close the vest ,
- played it close to the vest ,
- played it close to vest ,
- played it close vest ,
- playing close the vest ,
- playing close to the vest ,
- playing close to vest ,
- playing close vest ,
- playing it close the vest ,
- playing it close to the vest ,
- playing it close to vest ,
- playing it close vest ,
- plays close the vest ,
- plays close to the vest ,
- plays close to vest ,
- plays close vest ,
- plays it close the vest ,
- plays it close to the vest ,
- plays it close to vest ,
- plays it close vest ,
- sat fence ,
- sat on fence ,
- sat on the fence ,
- sat the fence ,
- sate fence ,
- sate on fence ,
- sate on the fence ,
- sate the fence ,
- sit fence ,
- sit the fence ,
- sits fence ,
- sits on fence ,
- sits on the fence ,
- sits the fence ,
- sitting fence ,
- sitting on fence ,
- sitting on the fence ,
- sitting the fence ,
- tergiversed ,
- tergiverses ,
- tergiversing ,
- treading warily ,
- treads warily ,
- trod warily ,
- was noncommittal ,
- wast noncommittal ,
- watch one step ,
- watch ones step ,
- watch step ,
- watched one step ,
- watched one's step ,
- watched ones step ,
- watched step ,
- watches one step ,
- watches one's step ,
- watches ones step ,
- watches step ,
- watching one step ,
- watching ones step ,
- watching step ,
- were noncommittal ,
- wert noncommittal .
- go over with a fine tooth comb ,
- go over with a finetooth comb ,
- go over with fine tooth comb ,
- go over with fine-tooth comb ,
- go over with finetooth comb ,
- goes over with a fine tooth comb ,
- goes over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- goes over with a finetooth comb ,
- goes over with fine tooth comb ,
- goes over with fine-tooth comb ,
- goes over with finetooth comb ,
- going over with a fine tooth comb ,
- going over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- going over with a finetooth comb ,
- going over with fine tooth comb ,
- going over with fine-tooth comb ,
- going over with finetooth comb ,
- leaved no stone unturned ,
- leaves no stone unturned ,
- leaving no stone unturned ,
- left no stone unturned ,
- look high low ,
- look over for ,
- looked all over for ,
- looked high and low ,
- looked high low ,
- looked over for ,
- looking all over for ,
- looking high and low ,
- looking high low ,
- looking over for ,
- looks all over for ,
- looks high and low ,
- looks high low ,
- looks over for ,
- over haul ,
- over hauled ,
- over hauling ,
- over hauls ,
- over-haul ,
- over-hauled ,
- over-hauling ,
- over-hauls ,
- pro bed ,
- pro-bed ,
- shakes down ,
- shaking down ,
- shook down ,
- takes away ,
- went over with a fine tooth comb ,
- went over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- went over with a finetooth comb ,
- went over with fine tooth comb ,
- went over with fine-tooth comb ,
- went over with finetooth comb .
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- gat around ,
- gets around ,
- gotten around ,
- lay down job ,
- lay down on job ,
- lie down job ,
- lied down job ,
- lied down on job ,
- lies down job ,
- lies down on job ,
- lying down job ,
- lying down on job ,
- shuffled off ,
- shuffles off ,
- shuffling off ,
- sloughed off ,
- sloughing off .
- dis guise ,
- dis guised ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- glosses over ,
- glossing over ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- put act ,
- put an act ,
- re plicate ,
- re plicated ,
- re plicates ,
- re plicating ,
- re produced ,
- re produces ,
- re producing ,
- re-plicate ,
- re-plicated ,
- re-plicates ,
- re-plicating ,
- re-produce ,
- re-produced ,
- re-produces ,
- re-producing .
- goes stealthily ,
- going stealthily ,
- passed quietly ,
- passes quietly ,
- passing quietly ,
- went stealthily .
- clapped hands on ,
- clapping hands on ,
- claps hands on ,
- gat fingers on ,
- gets fingers on ,
- getting fingers on ,
- got fingers on ,
- gotten fingers on .
Other synonyms:
- Bric-a brac ,
- cheapie ,
- dispossess ,
- fixer-upper ,
- glom ,
- harry ,
- hold up ,
- hot-wire ,
- jump a claim ,
- knickknack ,
- knock off ,
- knock over ,
- nicknack ,
- pilferage ,
- relieve of ,
- run off with ,
- schlock ,
- snitch ,
- tat ,
- trouser ,
- walk away with .
- knockoff .
- glide .
- patter .
Other relevant words:
- Breaching ,
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- By-pass ,
- Cribbed ,
- Cribbing ,
- Emulated ,
- Extracting ,
- Ferreted ,
- Ferreting ,
- Ferrets ,
- Gip ,
- HOSED ,
- Incarnated ,
- Incarnating ,
- Inched ,
- Inching ,
- Infracted ,
- Infracting ,
- Mirroring ,
- Mocked ,
- SLIES ,
- Scrabbled ,
- Scrabbling ,
- Separating ,
- Shafted ,
- Shafting ,
- Slank ,
- Slicking ,
- Snaked ,
- Snaking ,
- Spiriting ,
- Tiptoes ,
- Transgressed ,
- Typified ,
- WORMS ,
- Withdrew ,
- Wormed ,
- Worming ,
- abstract ,
- act like ,
- approach unnoticed ,
- beat out of ,
- bleed ,
- borrow ,
- breached ,
- break and enter ,
- break in ,
- break into ,
- breaking into ,
- burglarize ,
- burgle ,
- burgled ,
- burgles ,
- burgling ,
- burst in ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- carjack ,
- carjacked ,
- carjacking ,
- clap hands on ,
- crawl on all fours ,
- creep ,
- do a take-off ,
- do a takeoff ,
- do like ,
- do out of ,
- echoes ,
- edge ,
- embodies ,
- ferret ,
- fish illegally ,
- flimflam ,
- follow example ,
- get around ,
- get fingers on ,
- getting around ,
- gloss over ,
- glossed over ,
- go barefoot ,
- go like ,
- go over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- go stealthily ,
- grovelling ,
- gumshoeing ,
- hijack ,
- hosing ,
- hunt illegally ,
- iconic ,
- incarnates ,
- infract ,
- infringe ,
- interject ,
- intervenes ,
- kidnap ,
- laid waste ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- leave no stone unturned ,
- lie down on job ,
- look all over for ,
- look high and low ,
- lurk ,
- make like ,
- modelling ,
- move secretly ,
- mulct ,
- obtrude ,
- pad ,
- parrot ,
- pass quietly ,
- peculate ,
- phonies ,
- pillage ,
- pitter-patter ,
- plagiarize ,
- play a role ,
- play role ,
- playact ,
- poach ,
- prowl ,
- pull a fast one ,
- pull fast one ,
- purse-snatch ,
- purse-snatching ,
- put on act ,
- ransack ,
- rook ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- scrabble ,
- scrabbles ,
- shake down ,
- shirk ,
- shuffle off ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- skulk ,
- skyjack ,
- skyjacked ,
- skyjacking ,
- slicked ,
- slicks ,
- slied ,
- slink ,
- slinks ,
- slough off ,
- sloughs off ,
- slying ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- snook ,
- snooks ,
- snuck ,
- steal ,
- stick up ,
- sticking up ,
- sticks up ,
- stuck up ,
- take away ,
- take for a ride ,
- take for ride ,
- take hostage ,
- take leaf out of book ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking away ,
- taking for ride ,
- taking hostage ,
- taking out ,
- tiptoed ,
- tiptoeing ,
- took away ,
- took off ,
- took out ,
- uncoupling ,
- worm ,
- writhing .
- mug .
- copy .
- body snatch ,
- bundle off ,
- carried away ,
- carried off ,
- carry away ,
- carry off ,
- lay hands on ,
- lays hands on ,
- making off with ,
- run away with ,
- spirit away ,
- waylay .
- conceal oneself ,
- concealed oneself ,
- go furtively ,
- lay in wait ,
- lay wait ,
- lie in wait ,
- lying in wait ,
- stay hidden .
- be noncommittal ,
- beat around bush ,
- beat around the bush ,
- beating around the bush ,
- duck the issues ,
- play it close to the vest ,
- pussyfoot ,
- sit on fence ,
- sit on the fence ,
- tergiverse ,
- tread warily ,
- watch one's step ,
- watching one's step .
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How to use "Steal" in context?
Stealing is closely related to the crime of burglary. In some cases, stealing may also involve the use of force, theft of a weapon, or intimidation. When stealing is done with the intent to deprive the owner of the property or to deprive the owner of income, it is known as a theft offense.
Before stealing, it is important to understand the law in your area. Some states have laws that make it a felony to Steal if the value of the item stolen is over a certain amount, while other states have no such limits. In addition, different municipalities have different laws that can impact what is considered stealing.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
stealing.
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Noun, singular or mass
stealing.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
burglary.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Steal:
n.
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act
ball, baseball game, baseball.
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act
v.
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competition
gain, advance, gain ground, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, win.
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possession
take.
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competition
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