stehlen

Definitions of stehlen
  1. verb
    to go stealthily or furtively
    synonyms: schleichen
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    type of:
    gehen, laufen, promenieren, spazieren
    use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
  2. verb
    make off with belongings of others
    synonyms: entwenden, klauen, mopsen, stibitzen
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    type of:
    entwenden, klauen
    take without the owner's consent
  3. verb
    take without the owner's consent
    synonyms: entwenden, klauen
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    entwenden, klauen, mopsen, stibitzen
    make off with belongings of others
    abschreiben
    take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
    einstreichen
    take unlawfully
    vergreifen, veruntreuen
    appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
    bestehlen, rauben
    take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
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