- (especially North American English) an act of stealing something
- The robbery from the Met was the greatest art steal in history.
- Many people still believe the election result was a steal.
Homophones steal | steelsteal steel/stiːl//stiːl/- steal verb
- Lock your bike up so that nobody can steal it.
- steal noun
- It could be the biggest steal in financial history.
- steel noun
- The best kitchen knives are made from stainless steel.
- steel verb
- They had to steel themselves to watch their cherished work being destroyed.
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- (in baseball) the act of running to another base while the pitcher is throwing the ball
Word OriginOld English stelan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stelen and German stehlen.
Idioms
See steal in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe a steal
- (informal) to be for sale at an unexpectedly low price
- This suit is a steal at $80.
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