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  • 1steal up — v. (D; intr.) ( to sneak up ) to steal up on, to (he stole up on me in the dark) * * * [ stiːl ʌp] to (he stole up on me in the dark) (D;intr.) ( to sneak up ) to steal upon …

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  • 2Steal — (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. {Stole} (st[=o]l); 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. stj[ a]la, Dan. sti[ae]le, Goth. stilan.] 1.… …

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  • 3steal — steal, *pilfer, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe, cop are comparable when they mean to take another s possession without right and without his knowledge or permission. Steal, the commonest and most general of the group, can refer to any …

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  • 4Steal — (st[=e]l), v. i. 1. To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt not steal. Ex. xx. 15. [1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively …

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  • 5Steal This Movie! — Infobox Film name = Steal This Movie! imdb id = 0161216 producer = Jon Avnet Ken Christmas Vincent D Onofrio director = Robert Greenwald writer = Marty Jezer Bruce Graham starring = Vincent D Onofrio Janeane Garofalo Jeanne Tripplehorn Kevin… …

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  • 6steal — v. a. RG. 564 v. n. == come secretly upon one. Alys. 4032 …

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  • 7To steal a march — Steal Steal (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. {Stole} (st[=o]l); 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. stj[ a]la, Dan. sti[ae]le, Goth.… …

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  • 8You shall not steal — is one of the Ten Commandments,[1] of the Torah (the Pentateuch), which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post Reformation scholars.[2] Though usually understood to prohibit the… …

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  • 9The Steal — Infobox musical artist Name = The Steal Img capt = The Steal Img size = 220 Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Kingston upon Thames/Brighton, England Genre = Hardcore punkMelodic hardcore Years active = 2005–present Label =… …

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  • 10Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas — DVD cover Directed by Matthew O Callaghan Produced by …

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