steal  /stil/

noun

1. an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"

synset: bargain, buy, steal

2. a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

synset: steal

verb

1. take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

synset: steal, rip_off, rip

2. move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"

synset: steal, slip

3. steal a base

synset: steal



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