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  • n  the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  • n  avoiding detection by moving carefully
  • v  take without the owner's consent
  • v  move stealthily
  • v  steal a base

  • Breaking into these tombs and stealing the national treasures they hold is illegal, of course.
  • Released on bail, he was promptly sent back to the farm for stealing a pickup truck.
  • A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office.
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  • Vladimir Putin in Sofia Echo
    But if we see them (Ukraine) stealing it again and part of the gas is missing, we will again reduce supplies by that amount,Putin said as quoted by the AP.
  • Kathleen Turner in Reuters
    Turner stated that Cage was "arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog. He'd come across a Chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket."
  • Tomislav Nikolic in 940 News
    America and the European Union are stealing Kosovo from us, everyone must realize that,said Tomislav Nikolic, the head of Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical party.

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