stealth

1. v. t. The act of stealing; theft. Source: opted

2. v. t. The thing stolen; stolen property. Source: opted

3. v. t. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense. Source: opted

4. n. avoiding detection by moving carefully Source: wordnet

5. 1. The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. Spenser. 2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.] "Sluttish dens . . . serving to cover stealths." Sir W. Raleigh. 3. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope. The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades the brother's life by stealth. Dryden. I told him of your stealth unto this wood. Shak. Source: webster

6. n:100 n. avoiding detection by moving carefully Source: ecdict

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