Verb (used with object) : A pickpocket stole his watch. ,He stole my girlfriend. ,They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child. ,The comedian stole the show. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : She stole out of the house at midnight. ,The years steal by. From Dictionary.com.
In America, what we call stealing, they call pork. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Let me state for the record that stealing is wrong. From Wordnik.com. [My neighbor's obnoxious sodium vapor street light] Reference
A quote I'm stealing from a friend's personal email. From Wordnik.com. [The Feepmaster Speaks] Reference
Even for free things stealing is so much more convenient. From Wordnik.com. [Download Metatropolis Audio Anthology for Free] Reference
MPs who do this sort of thing are stealing from the taxpayer. From Wordnik.com. [Journalists, MPs and their expenses] Reference
Captain Nicholl caught Jud Hetchkins stealing from the pork barrel. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19] Reference
The way she saw it, Koenig was stealing from the Walt Disney Company. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: April 17, 2005 - April 23, 2005 Archives] Reference
“Ask yourself: Would you tolerate his stealing from a supermarket?”. From Wordnik.com. [Be a Sportsman: Report a Poacher] Reference
Father John: “Yeah, and he kept stealing from the collection plate.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Catholic nuns break with bishops and urge passage of health care reform.] Reference
They have a good steal team, particularly stealing from the big guys. ''. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Basketball - Indiana vs. Houston] Reference
Even if you aren't me you can still have a slice of the name stealing pie. From Wordnik.com. [Aussie-Nintendo.com Forums] Reference
It's the very same thing with illegal music downloads - stealing is stealing. From Wordnik.com. [A Few Last Words] Reference
I see that Cheney is once again stealing lines from his autobiography. ronnyg. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney endorses Rubio for Senate] Reference
Despite any ways and means to justify, stealing is stealing, and always wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Single Most Important Law That Tipped the Balance Towards Big Government] Reference
They, however, succeeded in stealing a ship belonging to some other adventurers. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Taking property without paying for it is commonly called stealing, and it is a crime. From Wordnik.com. [News & Record Article Feed] Reference
But it is hard that we cannot be happy save by stealing from the happiness of others. From Wordnik.com. [THEFT] Reference
No legal problem with the RNC stealing from the fund of donations given by the people. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Confused Palin: It is ‘mistaken’ to call GOP the ‘Party of No,’ but GOP is right to be ‘Party of No’ to Obama.] Reference
Seems like all those who believe in stealing from artists try to make mediamax look bad. From Wordnik.com. [New MediaMax breakthrough!] Reference
By conservative standards that would be “stealing from the poor to give to the rich”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Gov. Perry Bemoans ‘Federal Takeover’ Of Education, But His State’s Takeover Of Textbooks Is Totally Fine] Reference
This should convince the youngsters that stealing is all right if you can get away with it. From Wordnik.com. [The Law Is Your Business] Reference
Let's see ..... stealing is okay if it supports your own particular socio-politcal beliefs. From Wordnik.com. [Steal This Book] Reference
In short, I am stealing from the incomparable Terry Pratchett and not including chapters, per se. From Wordnik.com. [Wordcount Update] Reference
If baseball can aid and abet stealing bases, then stealing is or should be sanctioned by society. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Today and Tomorrow] Reference
The rich are stealing from the poor with the help of the Republicans and we're letting them do it!. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Worth: America's Challenge: Stealing From the Poor] Reference
Interesting that you call stealing government classified documents "honest investigative journalism". From Wordnik.com. [CNET News.com] Reference
This aversion to stealing is fundamental in our ideology as conservatives, capitalists and Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » O’Reilly laments that you can’t make fun of Arabs anymore: ‘What has changed in America?’] Reference
And hey, if there's any karmic debt incurred in stealing from one's self, I think I can afford to pay it. From Wordnik.com. [requiem aeternam dona eis, domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.] Reference
Because, yanno, there never is in stealing millions of dollars from pissed-off people with lots of weapons. From Wordnik.com. [ccfinlay: Scam Spam] Reference
The Americans were once stealing from the natives, which is the part that “guilt-ridden” nazis like bovine react to. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Steele on serving as RNC chair: God has ‘placed me here for a reason.’] Reference
In the present case the word stealing does not occur in the text, but only the being stolen -- viz., seduction, temptation. From Wordnik.com. [The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur] Reference
Then they can try and justify there illegal hold on power, then they will continue on murdering and stealing from the Burmese people. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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