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stole

[stohl]

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verb

simple past tense of steal.

Example Sentences

Austin used the account to overcharge students for tuition and then stole the extra money.

Zuckerberg treated them in bad faith and stole part of their idea.

Before releasing the hostages, the pirates stole all their jewelry and clothing.

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Austin used the account to overcharge students for tuition and then stole the extra money.

Zuckerberg treated them in bad faith and stole part of their idea.

Before releasing the hostages, the pirates stole all their jewelry and clothing.

The christians stole the jew god and added another one called jesus.

These athletes took home gold, but also stole our hearts.

But this year, for whatever reason, it was the shrubs that stole my heart.

Suppose you had a coat you liked and somebody went into your closet and stole it.

Tell me a tale about a young girl who is stuck in a tower, because her parents stole from a witch.

Einstein cadged his theory from his wife, stole it, didn't credit her and dumped her to boot aquaponicsmeuk.

They sought after plunder from the recognized and rightful owners of the treasure they stole.

She stole food from everyone and seemed ill-tempered right on through to today.

Some survivors say they were deliberately burned and that the soldiers stole gold and diamonds.

Fifteen lions went on a deadly search-and-rescue mission after militiamen stole three cubs, if news reports are to be believed.

It's pretty much gone now, people stole all the bikes.

But it was the huge walled-in kitchen garden full of espaliered fruit trees that stole my heart.

The files also carried evidence of schemes through which the paramilitaries stole public money intended for health services.

Returning to piracy, he sailed and stole for several more years.

After all, he only stole an election, cracked protesters' skulls and jailed opponents.

He also broke into houses and banks and stole money.

Addicts stole to pay for drugs, and pushers screeched around in fast cars with rap music blaring.

Sometimes pirates stole the ships as well as the cargo.

Their cleaning lady stole from them and disappeared.

The developer only got it from people who stole it from natives, who never owned it in the first place.

The little guy may have popped up at that point of focusing and stole the showjust a thought.

DiMeo stole a40-caliber automatic handgun that he used in the robberies.

The professor stole the course in its entirety and didn't even bother to change the email links for contacting the instructor.

Once he stole some returnable bottles, but a brothel-keeper spotted him and set him straight.

But at the end of the day, it was the spaceship that stole the show.

The three youths then left the boys in the water and stole their mountain bikes, the police said.

She also stole small objects from us and stored them under her favorite easy chair.

Aphids are the only animals that produce their own carotenoids--and they stole the genes to do it directly from a fungus in the.

British climate-research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails about global warming research and posted them online.

Swartz allegedly stole and that none of the downloaded information included identifying information.

But some schools stole a march on their sluggish counterparts.

As far as the proposal, if this person actually stole your ideas then it would be appropiate to let your advisor know about it.

They stole guns and bullets from a police station and declared that their aim was to recover their lost lands.

Toyota stole a march on other carmakers by appearing greener.

He stole shamelessly from his female entourage for the physical and mental traits with which he adorned his literary characters.

The mobsters stole cash from vaults and jewels from lock boxes.

If you think the richest stole the wealth of the other groups, then it is not sustainable or healthy".

The country first fell apart because its rulers stole the cement.

Once she stole a frisbee and didn't want to give it up.

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noun

an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below. Compare tippet (def. 2).

a woman's shoulder scarf of fur, marabou, silk, or other material. Compare tippet (def. 1).

a long robe, especially one worn by the matrons of ancient Rome.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English, Old English < Latin stola < Greek stolḗ clothing, robe; akin to Greek stéllein to array, Old English stellan to place, put

verb (used with object)

to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.

to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.

to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance: He stole my girlfriend.

to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually followed by away, from, in, into, etc.): They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.

Baseball. (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.

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Games. to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.

to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance: The comedian stole the show.

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verb (used without object)

to commit or practice theft.

to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved: She stole out of the house at midnight.

10.

to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually: The years steal by.

11.

Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.

noun

12.

Informal. an act of stealing; theft.

13.

Informal. the thing stolen; booty.

14.

Informal. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain: This dress is a steal at $40.

15.

Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.

Idiom

16.

steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words, etc.

Origin:
before 900; 1860–65 for def. 5; Middle English stelen, Old English stelan; cognate with German stehlen, Old Norse stela, Gothic stilan

Related forms

steal·a·ble, adjective

steal·er, noun

non·steal·a·ble, adjective

out·steal, verb (used with object), -stole, -sto·len, -steal·ing.

Can be confused: 1. burglarize, mug, rip off, rob, steal (see synonym note at rob); 2. steal, steel, stele.

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World English Dictionary

stole¹ (stəʊl)

—vb
	the past tense of steal

stole² (stəʊl)

—n
1.	a long scarf or shawl, worn by women
2.	a long narrow scarf worn by various officiating clergymen

[Old English stole, from Latin stola, Greek stolē clothing; related to stellein to array]

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Word Origin & History

steal

O.E. stelan "to commit a theft" (class IV strong verb; past tense stæl, pp. stolen), from P.Gmc. *stelanan (cf. O.S. stelan, O.N., O.Fris. stela, Du. stelen, O.H.G. stelan, Ger. stehlen, Goth. stilan), of unknown origin. Most IE words for steal have roots in notions of "hide," "carry off," or "collect,

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heap up." Attested as a verb of stealthy motion from c.1300 (e.g. to steal away, c.1369); of glances, sighs, etc., from 1586. The noun meaning "a bargain" is Amer.Eng. colloquial attested by 1942; baseball sense of "a stolen base" is from 1867. To steal (someone) blind first recorded 1974.

stole

O.E. stole "long robe, scarf-like garment worn by clergymen," from L. stola "robe, vestment," from Gk. stole "a long robe;" originally "garment, equipment," from root of stellein "to place, array," from PIE *stel- (see stolid). Meaning "women's long garment of fur or feathers" is attested from 1889.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

steal (stēl)
n.
The diversion of blood flow from its normal course.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

stole

ecclesiastical vestment worn by Roman Catholic deacons, priests, and bishops and by some Anglican, Lutheran, and other Protestant clergy. A band of silk 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimetres) wide and about 8 feet (240 centimetres) long, it is the same colour as the major vestments worn for the occasion. Some Protestant clergy wear stoles with colours or symbols that do not conform to liturgical colours. The Roman Catholic deacon wears it over the left shoulder with ends joined under the right arm; priests and bishops wear it around the neck with ends hanging vertically, except that priests cross the ends in front when wearing an alb. In the Roman Catholic Church it is a symbol of immortality. It is generally considered the unique badge of the ordained ministry and is conferred at ordination.

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"And you could have a new automobile
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Stole everything like a miracle.
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