[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

steal \steal\ st=el, v. t. imp. stole st=ol; p. p.
   stolen st=o"l'n; p. pr.  vb. n. stealing. oe.
   stelen, as. stelan; akin to ofries. stela, d. stelen, ohg.
   stelan, g. stehlen, icel. stela, sw. stjaumla, dan.
   stiaele, goth. stilan.
   1. to take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without
      right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to
      steal the personal goods of another.
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            maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence
            or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            the man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets
            in alms.                              --g. eliot.
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   2. to withdraw or convey clandestinely reflexive; hence, to
      creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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            they could insinuate and steal themselves under the
            same by their humble carriage and submission.
                                                  --spenser.
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            he will steal himself into a man's favor. --shak.
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   3. to gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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            so absalom stole the hearts of the men of israel.
                                                  --2 sam. xv.
                                                  6.
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   4. to get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible
      degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and
      imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
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            variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the
            mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --i.
                                                  watts.
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   5. to accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
      to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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            always, when thou changest thine opinion or course,
            profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal
            it.                                   --bacon.
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   to steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an
      advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now
      by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march
      upon one's political rivals.
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            she yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor liddy.
                                                  --smollett.
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            fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over
            the sea.                              --walpole.
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   syn: to filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
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see also:
stole stolen stealing to steal a march 

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