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Stealing :: Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

Deerstalking :: Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares..

Piracy :: Piracy (n.) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land..

Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..

Heart-robbing :: Heart-robbing (a.) Stealing the heart or affections; winning.

Convey :: Convey (v. t.) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.

Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) A manstealer; a kidnaper.

Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..

Insinuative :: Insinuative (a.) Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.

Steal :: Steal (v. t.) 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..

Abaction :: Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..

Ectosteal :: Ectosteal (a.) Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification..

Abscond :: Abscond (v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor..

Osteal :: Osteal (a.) Osseous.

Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..

Pilfer :: Pilfer (v. t.) To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.

Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.

Catlike :: Catlike (a.) Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.

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