transitive. To steal away.

transitive. To take away by stratagem or by eluding observation (something that is in the possession or keeping of another).

To take or catch, esp. secretly or unawares; to surprise.

intransitive. to run away with. To depart, in haste or surreptitiously, having taken possession of (esp. something to which one is not entitled)…

transitive. To make away with (provisions, money, etc.); esp. to carry off secretly (what belongs to another person) for one's own use. Obsolete.

with away, †out, †over.

transitive. To snatch or take away stealthily; to steal, filch.

transitive. To take cunningly, furtively, or fraudulently; to grab.

transitive. spec. originally Scottish. To remove unlawfully or dishonestly; to steal, purloin.

To remove secretly, to appropriate (the possessions of another) in a secret manner.

transferred. To get possession of by stealth.

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 get or obtain (a thing) furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat (a person) out of something. Also, to cheat…

colloquial. To steal in a sneaking or stealthy manner; to filch; to take or partake of surreptitiously.

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

transitive. slang. To steal or filch (something small) by taking and concealing in the palm of the hand.