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  1. 1. n. A handle; a stale, or stele. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. i. To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. an advantageous purchase Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. 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) Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. take without the owner's consent Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. move stealthily Source: wordnet

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