A Quick and Simple Dictionary

steal

1. Verb.  (transitive) To illegally, or without the owner's permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously taking or carrying it away.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
3. Verb.  (copyright, chiefly) To copy copyright-protected work without permission.
4. Verb.  (transitive, colloquial) To acquire at a low price.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
7. Verb.  (transitive, baseball) 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.
8. Verb.  (sport, transitive) To dispossess.
9. Noun.  The act of stealing.
10. Noun.  A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
11. Noun.  (basketball, hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
12. Noun.  (baseball) A stolen base.
13. Noun.  (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
14. Noun.  (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.