单词 | steal |
例句 | stealsteal /stil/ verb (past tense stole /stoʊl/, past participle stolen /ˈstoʊlən/) ► steal to remove and keep something that belongs to someone else, in a dishonest way: ► take to steal something. You use take when it is clear from what you have said that someone has taken something dishonestly. Take is more informal than steal: ► rob to steal something from a person or place: ► burglarize to go into a building and steal things. Burglarize is used especially in news reports: ► mug to attack and rob someone: ► shoplift to take something from a store and not pay for it: ► hijack to take control of an airplane by using force: ➔ see theft thiefSYNONYM CHECKSteal or rob?You say that someone steals a thing, but robs a person or a place such as a bank. Don’t say: He robbed my watch. Say: He stole my watch. Don’t say: He stole me or He stole me my watch. Say: He robbed me or He robbed me of my watch. |
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