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A handle; a stale, or stele. |
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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. |
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To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence,
to creep furtively, or to insinuate. |
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To gain by insinuating arts or covert means. |
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To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible
degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible
appropriation; -- with away. |
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To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look. |
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To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or
theft. |
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To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away,
unperceived; to go or come furtively. |