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Meaning of steal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  steal
      n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
           auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
           {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)
      v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet
           on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my
           dissertation"
      2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
         [syn: {steal}, {slip}]
      3: steal a base

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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