Tra từ steal - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get hurt/broken/stolen etc
▪ You might get hurt if you stand there.
▪ Mind the camera doesn’t get broken.
▪ My dad got killed in a car crash.
handling stolen goods
▪ Bennet was charged with handling stolen goods.
steal a glance (=look quickly and secretly)
▪ Alice stole a quick glance in the mirror to check her hair.
steal sb's glory (=do something that makes you more admired than someone else who is doing something similar)
▪ Collins is wonderful, but Shaw steals all the glory with his magnificent performance.
steal the limelight
▪ She’s afraid this new actor will steal the limelight from her.
stolen goods
▪ The police charged him with handling stolen goods.
stolen items
▪ The police have recovered most of the stolen items.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
away
▪ Instead of stealing away like a thief in the night!
▪ A patient may steal away from home and become lost.
▪ Dare they try to steal away now?
▪ Like a thief it steals away the wealth of true knowledge and reduces man to a state of mental poverty.
▪ He says Tutilo killed the man he tricked into helping him to steal away your saint.
▪ It's a strumpet out of Hell stealing away their money and their souls!
▪ People say it should now fold its tents and steal away.
▪ One said Mr McCubbin was angry at losing customers and having his business stolen away.
NOUN
ball
▪ She manages to steal the ball only once.
▪ He can steal the ball and score in transition and he can make the pass in transition.
▪ Roy steals the ball four times in the first half, Red and B each score twelve points.
▪ She is sprinting down the court ahead of everyone, including the Husky player who stole the ball.
▪ She lunges at Courtney, looking to steal the ball.
burglary
▪ He also has several convictions for receiving stolen property and burglary from the 1970s and 1980s.
▪ Lifted: Darlington police want to hear from anyone who has had weights and bars stolen in burglaries at their homes.
car
▪ He had taught them how to pick a lock, steal a car, to shoplift ... The list was endless.
▪ First, there are those juveniles who steal and wreck fast cars.
▪ Stanton later managed to free himself, called police and told them his stolen car was equipped with a tracking device.
▪ What about the kids who do not steal cars?
▪ He specialized in finding stolen luxury cars, developing excellent contacts with both police and criminals.
▪ Later, I stole a car, and I had no regrets.
cash
▪ Conspiracy charges: Four former staff from a nightclub chain appeared before Newcastle Magistrates yesterday charged with conspiracy to steal cash.
▪ The raiders grabbed the keys to the Mac's store in Bicester and stole cash.
▪ Foam attack: Thieves broke into vending machines at Teesdale's new sports centre at Barnard Castle to steal £100 cash.
▪ The attackers stole over £200 in cash and a gold chain which the victim was wearing.
▪ They stole cash and gems and escaped in the parents' Mercedes.
▪ Two raids: Raiders have broken into a Ferryhill community centre and stole cash from a fruit machine and cigarettes.
▪ While one man talked to her, the other ran into the house and stole cash and property.
▪ Thieves who broke into the Co-op in Skelton High Street, stole £60 in cash.
cattle
▪ Government policy in the nineteenth century was important, but it did not determine the extent and geography of cattle stealing.
▪ In 1921, for instance night patrols made thirteen arrests for cattle stealing in the Southern and Western Provinces.
▪ More significantly, in many districts there were in most villages several households which depended on cattle stealing for their livelihood.
▪ More than 10 houses were burnt and a sizeable number of cattle stolen.
▪ The cultural stereotype of cattle stealing as an exciting, adventurous activity may also have contributed to its acceptance.
▪ The three middle chapters each consider individual crimes: cattle stealing, homicide and riot.
▪ They measured the number of cases brought to court by persons who alleged that their cattle had been stolen.
equipment
▪ House raided: Burglars have stolen electrical equipment and jewellery worth £1,500 from a house in Cedar Road, Darlington.
▪ Engram was suspended for the entire 1992 season by Coach Joe Paterno for stealing stereo equipment from an unlocked apartment.
▪ Police said the raiders caused over £1000 worth of damage and stole office equipment.
▪ Fishy business: Police are trying to hook a thief who stole specialised fishing equipment worth more than £1,300.
▪ After she went out one afternoon they decided to steal the equipment and had arranged a buyer for it for £130.
glance
▪ He stole covert glances at her across the table.
▪ The old men stole frightened glances at each other.
▪ He stole a glance at her.
▪ She stole a glance at him; his features matched the ice in his tone and his eyes surpassed it.
▪ She stole a glance from her future and turned her head.
▪ She sat down, settling her satchel on her lap and stealing another glance at him.
▪ While Violette entertained them with stories of increasing complexity, Katherine from beneath lowered lids stole occasional glances at Carlo.
goods
▪ Randhawa handled the goods worth over £5,000 which were stolen.
▪ Insurance companies started hiring him to find stolen goods and investigate false claims.
▪ TheBurglar.com invites people to anonymously post details of stolen goods.
▪ Sure enough, a guy showed up at Zia on the day of the break-in with a stack of the stolen goods.
▪ She is also alleged to have stolen goods to the value of £330.
▪ Nobody goes down to Zia to confiscate the stolen goods so the owner can redeem them.
▪ Break-in: Thieves broke into a house in Norris Street, Warrington, and stole jewellery and goods worth £2,700.
▪ In such cases no serious scholar was willing to risk his or her reputation by handling or studying stolen goods.
heart
▪ But then Twiggy, who by now had switched from modelling to acting, came along and stole his heart.
▪ People are stealing the heart and soul of the National Park Seminary.
▪ He stole your dear heart away with his lies.
▪ She stole their golden hearts and gave the lakeside people garlands, linking their stilted arms like dancers.
▪ As Gwen, an endearing liar and fantasist, Goldie literally invades Martin's home - and ends up stealing his heart.
▪ Those beautiful eyes and that lovely smile were stealing my heart.
▪ He might have wooed Alice away from Alfred Wittisham had Araminta not stolen his heart.
house
▪ Through his attorney, Newton said that no art has been stolen from his house, but declined to comment further.
▪ Stone me: Two stone urns worth £500 have been stolen from a house in Coniscliffe Road, Darlington.
▪ She had to steal out of the house before it started prowling again.
▪ In a 1984 case, jewellery was stolen from a house in which the defendant was a temporary lodger.
▪ More than £4 which had been left for the milkman was stolen from the house in Marwood Drive.
▪ A wardrobe was stolen from a house in Stanhope Road, while a dressing room table was taken from Greenbank Road.
▪ Sue McFarlance's Mini Metro was stolen from outside her house.
item
▪ Parcels were supposed to be give out, but the guards stole any items of slight value.
▪ She was surprised to find out she had supposedly stolen items from the store and was a drug addict.
▪ The charge alleges he stole items, belonging to persons unknown, in the early hours of Sunday.
▪ Dempsey admitted stealing an estimated 200 items of clothing, valued at £6,000 as well as £1,500 in cash.
limelight
▪ Do you feel a bit disappointed that they've come along and perhaps stolen your limelight?
▪ Proud though he was of his wife, Charles could not help noticing she was stealing the limelight.
look
▪ She stole a look at his face.
▪ Jenna stole a look at him and he was watching her intently, in every way intent.
▪ She stole a look at him: yes, he was right.
march
▪ Lately, Sridevi has stolen a march over her rival.
▪ But buyers there may simply have stolen a march on the market.
▪ Mr Blackmore said stores that open on Sunday are stealing a march on their competitors.
▪ It sounds simple but it is not, which is why for the time being Zurich seems to have stolen a march on its rivals.
money
▪ You steal my money you get from selling stuff I carried.
▪ What if they steal the money, or use half of it for travel?
▪ In one case the victim was ninety-four and the thieves stole money from a bag attached to her walking frame.
▪ The guy wanted to steal his money.
▪ The intervention of Bloomsbury House forestalled a likely prison sentence for Otto, who stole money from his landlady and his employer.
▪ I enjoy paying her and stealing back the money.
▪ He pleaded guilty to stealing a money bag containing Mr Leyland's takings after the driver ran off in fright.
▪ He stole the money after winning settlements for clients.
police
▪ To establish that a vehicle has been stolen the Police must have a record of its reg no.
▪ It did not stop other youths stealing police radios from emergency vehicles to add to the confusion.
pound
▪ But while one kept her talking, the other stole the five thousand pounds she had hidden in her wardrobe.
▪ Read in studio A man armed with a handgun has stolen around a thousand pounds from an estate agents.
▪ Bank break-in: Burglars have stolen several thousand pounds after breaking into a bank at Rowlands Gill, near Gateshead.
▪ Read in studio Thieves have raided a widow's home and stolen ten thousand pounds of her late husband's jewellery.
▪ It replaces an earlier charge of stealing more than six thousand pounds after she was arrested last month.
property
▪ However McEvoy, 21, broke into the house in October 1990 and stole almost £4,000 of property.
▪ The charges include armed robbery, distribution of stolen property, illegal gun sales and use, and drug trafficking.
▪ A thief gained entry to the guest's room and stole her property.
▪ Those now being accused of trafficking in stolen property are dismayed.
▪ While one man talked to her, the other ran into the house and stole cash and property.
▪ In legal terms possession of stolen property is not the same as stealing.
▪ When the accused appropriates, he will have stolen the property from the person who retained the interest in the property.
▪ Police said Bokin has also been repeatedly convicted of theft, possession of stolen property and writing bad checks.
scene
▪ Well, this is the man who stole the scene - the store manager.
show
▪ It was only his second international but again out half Eric Elwood stole the show with a marvellous and mature performance.
▪ Kevin played to 50,000 at Glastonbury, stole the show at the Cambridge but somehow his name never quite stuck.
▪ Mr Bodison all but steals the show.
▪ But as always, the charismatic Rundgren stole the show.
▪ My verdict: Kemp is guilty of stealing another show.
thief
▪ Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio Police fear thieves are now stealing to order for body builders who want dangerous drugs.
▪ Owners of a Tempe foundry never worried about thieves stealing the pricey sculptures in their art garden.
▪ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
▪ Of course, you know the city is full of thieves and they steal our mail in hope of finding money.
▪ This standard feature makes it very difficult for a car thief to steal a Clio and falsify its identity.
▪ Kamilo said her mud hut had been entered just a few days earlier by thieves who stole her only bedsheet.
▪ Voice over It's the second time thieves have stolen horse racing trophies from the family.
thunder
▪ By reinforcing your own dominance, you may well steal the thunder of the antagonists.
▪ They believe that Clinton stole their momentum, stole their ideas, stole their thunder.
▪ But Mr Kaifu is in no mood to let anyone steal his thunder.
▪ Incredibly, Wildcat football team, a long-time doormat, has suddenly arisen, stealing the thunder from the basketball team.
▪ And here was some one else stealing his rebellious thunder.
▪ Carl Lewis stole his thunder Monday night.
vehicle
▪ A purse was stolen from a vehicle.
▪ He was rounded up about a week later, having stolen four more vehicles.
▪ Gangs of heavily armed men stormed ships in the Hong Kong port to steal thousands of vehicles for their clients.
▪ The man stole the vehicle after a test-drive through the countryside.
▪ Barry Stewart, prosecuting, said gang members would buy written-off cars and then steal a vehicle of the same model.
worth
▪ Cigarettes stolen: About £15,000 worth of cigarettes were stolen from Martin's Newsagents, Spennymoor, yesterday.
▪ The raiders stole over £2,500 worth of equipment from a site office.
VERB
accuse
▪ The day's most successful report is the interview with a young boy accused of stealing a leather jacket.
▪ Those now being accused of trafficking in stolen property are dismayed.
▪ A military judge came to see me and read out the charges - I had been accused of stealing a car.
▪ Pretend you are doing this in your sleep. Accuse him of stealing your food stamps.
▪ Tycho accused Ursus of stealing his idea that the sun revolved about the earth, carrying the planets with it.
▪ But that had ended when Aunt Helen accused Norm of stealing her mission box.
▪ Street traders have rioted against the foreigners, accusing them of stealing business.
▪ Although the team says it won the vote fair and square, stadium opponents accused the 49ers of stealing the election.
beg
▪ Thousands live on the streets in gangs, surviving by begging and stealing.
▪ The thought ran through my mind that the old man probably had a pocket full of money he had begged and stolen.
▪ They beg from each other and steal from each other.
believe
▪ You didn't believe McKitrick had stolen the letters, did you?
▪ They believe that Clinton stole their momentum, stole their ideas, stole their thunder.
▪ Their owner believes they were stolen for a private collector abroad.
▪ Nobody who ever knew Lucky believed he stole.
▪ They believe they may be stolen to order for some one who is renovating them for resale.
▪ Once inside the shop, she was grabbed by 4 police officers who believed the prescription stolen.
▪ Police believe it may be stolen.
▪ Here officers are tracking a car they believed was stolen in Milton Keynes.
lose
▪ If they are lost or stolen, you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately.
▪ Prepaid phone cards are like cash in that they can be used by others if they are lost or stolen.
▪ They are widely accepted easy to use and, if lost or stolen, you are promptly refunded by the Bank.
▪ There is the fear that it may be lost or stolen, or that you simply haven't enough with you.
▪ Duplicate A duplicate licence is issued to replace a valid licence which has been lost, stolen or defaced.
▪ If the card is lost or stolen anywhere in the world, we can usually replace it within one business day.
try
▪ Read in studio An eighty four year old man has foiled a mugger who tried to steal his pension book.
▪ A puzzled Vice President Al Gore tried to steal a peek.
▪ He had been arrested trying to steal lead from the roof of a church.
▪ No Brave has tried to steal on Johnson in the series yet.
▪ He had picked somebody he thought he could work with smoothly rather than somebody who might try to steal the credit.
▪ It also rejected speculation that Button was trying to steal the plane.
▪ Andreas was always trying to steal the key so that he could read it.
▪ They said he tried to steal it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ drug addicts who steal from their friends and families
▪ In the end he had to steal in order to survive.
▪ It's strange he should have had so many things stolen in just a week.
▪ Kenner accused the director of stealing ideas from her novel in making his movie.
▪ My grandfather refused to put his money in a bank because he was afraid it would get stolen.
▪ Professional designers and architects steal ideas from each other all the time.
▪ She claims that the director stole ideas from her historical novel and used them in the movie.
▪ Thieves stole paintings worth $5 million from a Paris art gallery.
▪ Thousands of cars get stolen every year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At the time, District Attorney Joseph Freitas estimated the employees were stealing at least a half million dollars a year.
▪ Cottage raided: Cash totalling to £1,500 was stolen when thieves broke into a holiday cottage in Gayle, near Hawes.
▪ Engram was suspended for the entire 1992 season by Coach Joe Paterno for stealing stereo equipment from an unlocked apartment.
▪ Is it not, like the wolf in the fable, putting on false clothing stolen from other social sciences?
▪ The sale will recoup a small portion of the money stolen from company pension funds by the publisher.
▪ While he was on the correct route he was not guilty even though he intended to steal.
▪ Would it make a difference if it could be maintained that Laura had died before the Tongue was stolen?
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beg, borrow, or steal
▪ The designers would beg, borrow, or steal in order to get the show ready.
have sth stolen/broken/taken etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Many people don't regard cheating on their taxes as stealing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At £100, it would be good value for money, but at £59.95, it's an absolute steal.
▪ Dream Shakes, twisting layups, tough rebounds, key steals.
▪ Eddie Jones played 48 minutes for his second consecutive long night and contributed 19 points and four steals.
▪ He shoots 54. 7 percent from the floor and is among the Pac-10 leaders in steals and blocked shots.
▪ Jess connects on one of two three-point attempts and grabs two steals.
▪ She forgets the steals, the rebounds, the slick ballhandling.
▪ She led the team in steals.
▪ The 5-5 Rizzotti had 11 points and five steals in the first half.

steal

I. steal¹ S3 W3 /stiːl/ verb (past tense stole /stəʊl $ stoʊl/, past participle stolen /ˈstəʊlən $ ˈstoʊ-/)
[Language : Old English; Origin : stelan]
1. TAKE SOMETHING [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]to take something that belongs to someone else:
　 ▪ Boys broke into a shop and stole £45 in cash.
steal from
　 ▪ He stole money from his parents.
steal something from somebody/something
　 ▪ He’d stolen the flowers from our garden.

2. USE IDEAS [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]to use someone else’s ideas without getting permission or without admitting that they are not your own ideas SYN pinch:
　 ▪ Inventors know that someone is always going to try to steal their designs.
steal something from somebody
　 ▪ A well-known scientist was accused of stealing his former student’s ideas.

3. MOVE SOMEWHERE [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]to move quietly without anyone noticing you SYN creep
steal into/across etc
　 ▪ He dressed quietly and stole out of the house.

4. steal the show/limelight/scene
to do something, especially when you are acting in a play, that makes people pay more attention to you than to other people:
　 ▪ Elwood stole the show with a marvellous performance.

5. steal a look/glance etc
to look at someone or something quickly and secretly

6. SPORT
a) [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
to run to the next base before someone hits the ball in the sport of baseball
b) [TRANSITIVE]
to suddenly take control of the ball, puck etc when the other team had previously had control of it, for example in basketball or ice hockey:
　 ▪ Roy steals the ball four times in the first half.

7. steal a kiss
to kiss someone quickly when they are not expecting it

8. steal a march on somebody
to gain an advantage over someone by doing something that they had planned to do before them:
　 ▪ He was afraid another scholar was going to steal a march on him and publish first.

9. steal sb’s thunder
to get the success and praise someone else should have got, by doing what they had intended to do

10. steal sb’s heart
literary to make someone fall in love with you
⇨ beg, borrow, or steal at beg(8)
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THESAURUS
▪steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else :
　 ▪ The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment.
　 ▪ Thousands of cars get stolen every year.
▪take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly :
　 ▪ The boys broke into her house and took all her money.
　 ▪ They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.
▪burgle British English, burglarize American English [USUALLY PASSIVE]to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there :
　 ▪ Their house was burgled while they were away.
　 ▪ If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled.
▪rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person :
　 ▪ The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex.
　 ▪ An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home.
　 ▪ He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.
▪mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them :
　 ▪ People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out.
　 ▪ Someone tried to mug me outside the station.
▪nick/pinch British English informal to steal something :
　 ▪ Someone’s nicked my wallet!
　 ▪ When I came back, my car had been pinched.
▪embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for :
　 ▪ Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department.
▪shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking :
　 ▪ Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year.
▪phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account :
　 ▪ Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.

II. steal² noun [COUNTABLE]
1. be a steal
informal to be very cheap:
　 ▪ an excellent seafood dish that is a steal at $8.25

2. the act of suddenly taking control of the ball when the other team had previously had control of it, especially in basketball:
　 ▪ Johnson had ten points and a steal in the first half.

3. the act of running to the next base before someone hits the ball in the sport of baseball