transitive. To take by robbery, to steal; †to take as plunder (obsolete). Also figurative. Now rare except in collocation with steal (cf. sense 11b).

transitive. To deprive a person of or remove (something) unlawfully; to steal.

transitive. To go in quest of, and convey or conduct back. The first part of the notion is often… To steal. Obsolete.

transitive. To take (something) dishonestly; to steal; to obtain by abuse of trust, or by extortion; to extort. Obsolete.

To take or hold possession of (something belonging to another or others) by sleight or force; to appropriate by ruse or violence; to steal.

transitive. To seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing. Obsolete.

transitive and intransitive. In alliterative phrases, esp. to rap and rend (also to rap and rear, to rap and run, to rap and wring, etc.): to get…

To make away with, fraudulently destroy (a charter, title-deed, etc.). In later use also, To mutilate, tamper with (a document or writing of any…

slang. To take up (a portable object; cf. 1d) or drive away (cattle) with dishonest intentions; in wider sense, to steal; to steal something from (a…

transitive. To steal (property), esp. in small quantities; to filch. Also figurative.

transitive. To steal away.

Hence, a euphemism for: To steal.

transitive. To rob (a building); (also) to steal. Also intransitive.

transitive. slang (originally cant). To steal, pilfer.

slang. transitive. To steal (goods), rob (a person); also absol. and with cognate object.

transitive. To carry off, steal. Obsolete.

To steal. slang. Obsolete.

transitive. To steal. rare.

transitive. To steal (something) by snatching. Also with up. Now historical and rare.

esp. To steal.

To carry away, remove feloniously.

transitive. To steal (a thing); to rob (a person). slang in later use.

To snatch for one's own use; to take to oneself with a quick movement; to steal or purloin in this manner. Also with away.

transitive. To seize, catch; to arrest; to steal. Cf. nab, v.2 1 2.

transitive. Originally in West Africa: to seize as a guarantee or security; to seize as plunder, to steal; spec. to kidnap as a slave.

transitive. To take (a person or thing) away by force, deception, etc.; to abduct (a person).

transitive. slang. To rob; to cheat, swindle; to steal, acquire by theft. Formerly also: †(of a prostitute) to take advantage of (a client) (obsolete…

transitive. To steal (a thing).

transitive. to gipsy away: to steal; to pilfer or filch. Cf. Gypsy, n. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To grab or seize (an object) firmly or suddenly, esp. with a view to taking it; to take forcibly or dishonestly; to steal, to purloin.

transitive. slang and regional. To steal; to acquire, manage to get.

To seize, capture, take as spoil; to catch (fish, a bird); to capture, take captive (a person). Obsolete except in euphemistic slang, to steal.

transitive. Of a carter: to steal (part of a load of coal) for resale. Also: to pilfer.

spec. (a) To steal, esp. by snatching; (b) slang (originally and chiefly U.S.), to kidnap.

intransitive. to make off with: to decamp while in possession of, to carry off. Also (occasionally reflexive): = sense 2.

transitive. To steal; to appropriate, to grab.

transitive. To take surreptitiously; to steal.

slang. To steal (goods); to rob (a person). Now Australian.

To catch, capture, to secure. transitive. slang. To steal. Occasionally intransitive. Now rare.

(transitive) to steal.

transitive. slang. To snatch, steal, pinch. Cf. pluck, v. 4a. Now rare.

transitive. U.S. To drive off or stampede (cattle, etc.), esp. preparatory to stealing them; (more generally) to steal, carry off. Also: to abduct.

transitive. To steal, filch, run away with.

colloquial and slang. transitive. To steal; to pilfer. Also in extended use.

transitive. In extended use: to take without permission; to steal. Frequently humorous.

Criminals' slang. To steal; to make away with (stolen property). Obsolete.

transitive. To steal; to obtain by dishonest methods.

slang. transitive. Criminals' slang (originally U.S.). To draw up the lining of (a pocket) so as to steal the contents; to steal (an item) in this…

intr. and transitive. To steal.

transitive. slang (euphemistic). To steal.

transitive. U.S. slang. To steal, esp. by picking a pocket. Cf. sense 4. Now rare.

To steal.

To pounce upon, come down upon with violence or unawares; to rob, to cheat; to seize upon by sudden unexpected action; to ‘steal a march’ upon.

transitive. To entice away; to draw or lead away by some allurement.

transitive. To steal, ‘appropriate’; to loot. slang (originally U.S.).

North American. To catch, get hold of, grab, steal, pick up. colloquial.

transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To steal; (also) to cheat, to defraud. Cf. to rip off at phrasal verbs 1.

To take surreptitiously, purloin; to steal or ‘pinch’. slang.

intransitive. Australian and New Zealand slang. To take advantage of someone; to impose or sponge on; to shirk, do less than one's share. Also: to…

transitive. To steal; to grab, snatch. Also intransitive, usually const. on to.

To steal, esp. to shoplift; to rob. Also absol. Cf. booster, n. 3 slang (originally U.S.).

transitive. To scrounge, steal; to requisition. Cf. hot stuff, n. 3.

transferred and figurative (chiefly colloquial). transitive and intransitive. To make a (frequently dishonest) gain; spec. Criminals' slang, to…

transitive. To steal (something). Frequently in passive. Also intransitive.

slang. To steal, to rob. Also transferred.

transitive. To steal, to misappropriate. Also absol. rare.

A hold-up, a robbery; also attributive and in other combinations. Also as v., to hold up, rob, steal. Cf. hist, v.2 1, hoist, v. 6 and hoist, n. 5.

Criminals' slang. To break into (a building) (perhaps obsolete); to steal, rob. Cf. heist, n.

transitive. Australian Nautical slang. To borrow or steal. Cf. rabbit, n.1 4b. Now rare.

transitive. slang (originally U.S., esp. in African-American use). Cf. rip-off, n. To steal (something); (also) to embezzle. Also intransitive.

transitive. colloquial. To steal (something); to rob (a person). Cf. sense 1a.