English Dictionary
Definition steal in British English
steal
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
Other ways of saying steal
rob to steal something from a person or place while using or threatening to use force or violence: They robbed the local bank and drove off in a white car.
mug to attack a person in a public place and steal from them: A woman of 85 was mugged in the street.
burgle to steal from a building that you have entered illegally: We got back from holiday to find we’d been burgled.
shoplift to steal goods from a shop: Security guards caught an elderly man shoplifting in the department store this afternoon.
break into to enter someone’s property illegally: The thieves had managed to break into the car and take the stereo.
nick or pinch British (informal) to take something that belongs to someone else, usually used in a friendly way: Someone’s nicked my pen!
to take something that belongs to someone else without permission
She was caught stealing food from the supermarket.
if an expression steals over someone's face, they gradually begin to have that expression on their face
A grim expression stole over his face.
