FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

v (transitive) To illegally, or without the owner's permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously take|taking or carrying it away.

v (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

v (copyright|chiefly|informal|transitive) To copy copyright-protected work without permission.

v (transitive|colloquial) To acquire at a low price.

v (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

v (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.

v (transitive|baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

v (sports|transitive) To dispossess

n The act of stealing.

n A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.

n (basketball|ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

n (baseball) A stolen base.

n (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.

n (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs