Reverse Dictionary: STEAL

ADJECTIVES
1546 ► LIME-FINGERED given to pilfering → obs.
1547 ► LIGHT-FINGERED inclined to steal → euphemism
1567 ► PRIGGING thieving, pilfering
1598 ► THIEVING inclined to steal → sl.
1676 ► FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering → humorous usage
1727 ► FURTUOSE much given to theft or stealing → obs.
1729 ► CABBAGED pilfered, as shreds by a tailor
1742 ► KLEPTISTIC pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing
1813 ► TARRY-HANDED dishonest, pilfering → Sc.
1816 ► FURTIVE thievish, pilfering
1822 ► TARRY thievish, inclined to steal
1825 ► TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest
1855 ► STICKY-FINGERED given to stealing, light-fingered
1887 ► OFF DUTY not engaged in stealing → cant
1906 ► TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest
1915 ► LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing → Amer. dial.
1989 ► HYDRAULIC inclined to steal → Aust.

NOUNS
1570 ► LURCHING pilfering, stealing → obs. 
1591 ► PRIGGING stealing, thieving; later, petty theft, pilfering → sl.
..17C ► FILCH a hooked stick or staff wherewith to steal → cant
1623 ► FURACITY inclination or tendency to steal
1768 ► CABBAGING pilfering, purloining
1812 ► DRAGGING stealing from a vehicle → sl.
1821 ► TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering → Sc.
1830 ► CLEPTOMANIA → KLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
.M19 ► SNOW-DROPPING the stealing of washing, usually women’s underwear, from unguarded clothes-lines → Aust./UK/criminal sl.
1851 ► LURKING stealing, fraudulent begging → thieves’ sl.
1859 ► GAM stealing → US sl. obs.
1859 ► NEMAN stealing → Amer. thieves’ sl.
1900 ► WORKING stealing → US criminal’s sl.
1925 ► YAMPING stealing → Amer. dial.
1928 ► PICK-UP stealing, theft → sl.
1930 ► SNITCHING stealing → US sl.
1936 ► BLOW OFF stealing a victim’s money → criminals’ sl.
1966 ► FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT the activity or proceeds of stealing or shoplifting → US sl., chiefly CB users’ usage
1970 ► SNOW-BIRDING stealing washing, usually women’s underwear from clothes-lines → Aust. & NZ sl.
1976 ► STICKY FINGERS used to indicate that someone is given to stealing
1999 ► SCRUMPING the act of stealing apples from orchards → UK sl.

NOUNS, PERSON (also see THIEF)
1528 ► LURCHER one who pilfers or filches in a mean fashion; a petty thief, a swindler, a rogue
1567 ► HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches → sl.
..19C ► BAGGER a stealer from the hand → Eng. sl.
1825 ► HUSTLER someone who lives by stealing or other dishonest means → sl.
.M19 ► SNOW-DROPPER one who steals from clothes-lines → Aust./UK/criminals’ sl.
.M19 ► SNOW-GATHERER one who steals from clothes-lines → Aust./UK/criminals’ sl.
1899 ► HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands → Sc.

PHRASES
1877 ► ON THE FILCH on the watch for something to steal → cant
1936 ► ON THE KNOCK-OFF said of someone engaged in stealing → sl.

VERBS
..901 ► THIEVE to steal, to rob
1225 ► PILCH to pilfer
1412 ► SHAKE to steal goods; to rob a person → sl.
1521 ► POLL to plunder, to steal, to practice extortion; to cheat → obs. 
1526 ► LIFT to steal, esp. to pilfer → Amer. sl.
1528 ► RAP AND REND to steal → arch. exc. Eng. dial.
1549 ► SUFFURATE to steal → obs.
.M16 ► FILCH to steal; to pilfer; rarely, to rob → cant
1560 ► NIP to steal or snatch → sl., now US
1564 ► RAP to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing → obs.
1565 ► LURCH to get hold of by stealth, to steal → obs.
1567 ► CLY to seize, to take; to steal → thieves’ cant
1567 ► PRIG to steal, to pilfer → sl.
1573 ► LAG to carry off, to steal → obs.
1573 ► RIG  to steal
..L16 ► SHAVE to steal → sl.
..17C ► CHEWRE to steal → sl.
..E17 ► EASE to rob, to steal → sl.
1607 ► TWITCH  to steal something by snatching
1608 ► NIBBLE to catch; to steal → sl.
1613 ► SHARK to steal, to pilfer, or obtain by underhand or cheating means → arch.
1615 ► HOOK to steal, to filch → sl.
.M17 ► NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize → sl.
1656 ► MANTICULATE to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal → obs.
1656 ► PINCH to steal; to rob → sl.
1665 ► NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize → Brit.
1673 ► NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal → sl.
1696 ► GIPSY AWAY to steal; to pilfer or filch → obs.
..L17 ► SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal → colloq.
..18C ► HOBBLE to steal; to arrest → criminals’ sl.
1700 ► COLLAR to appropriate something; to steal something → UK sl.
1700 ► MAKE to steal → sl. & Eng. dial.
1700 ► VAMP to pawn; to steal → sl.
1712 ► CABBAGE to pilfer; to appropriate surreptitiously; orig. said of a tailor appropriating part of the cloth given to him to make up into garments; to acquire unethically → sl.
1727 ► WALK OFF WITH to steal, often implying appropriating to oneself something lent or entrusted to one by another → sl.
1732 ► NAIL to secure; to succeed in catching hold of a person or thing; to steal → sl.
1735 ► CRIB to pilfer, to steal; to appropriate furtively → colloq.
1765 ► SNATCH to steal → Amer. sl.
1770 ► MARAUD to go about pilfering
1770 ► PICK UP to steal; to rob → sl.
1785 ► NIFLE to pilfer, to steal articles of small value → Eng. dial.
1788 ► MILK to steal → Sc.
1788 ► NAB THE SNOW to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry → UK criminals’ sl.
1790 ► SNAVEL → SNAVVEL to steal or grab → sl., now chiefly Aust.
1791 ► REAVE to rob, to steal, to plunder; to bereave of → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..L18 ► BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch → sl.
..L18 ► SACK to rob, to steal; to take possession of, to pocket → sl.
..19C ► DEEGLE to purloin, to steal; a word used by boys → Eng. dial.  
..E19 ► NIBBLE to steal, to work as a petty thief → sl.
1809 ► FECK to steal → sl.
1812 ► FAKE to steal or rob → thieves’ sl.
1816 ► RIP to steal → sl.
1817 ► NICK to steal → sl.
1818 ► MAG → MAGG to pilfer → Sc.
1819 ► READ to steal → thieves’ sl.
1820 ► BAG to steal → sl.
1821 ► PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat → sl.
1822 ► LICK ONE’S FINGERS to help oneself surreptitiously; to pilfer → Sc. 
1824 ► SCODGE to look sly; to pilfer; to sneak about idly → Sc.
1825 ► CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly → Sc. sl.
1825 ► SMUG to steal, to filch, to run away with → sl. 
1838 ► THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft → Amer. dial.
1839 ► PULL DOWN to steal from shop doors → cant
1840 ► HAVE STICKY FINGERS to be given to stealing; to be a thief
1841 ► CROOK to cheat; to steal → US sl. 
1845 ► ANNEX to lay hold of roughly, to grab; to get; to steal → US jocular usage
.M19 ► DANCE → DANCE THE STAIRS to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed → sl.
.M19 ► GLEAN to steal → euphemism 
.M19 ► SNUG to steal, to conceal from the proper owner → US sl.
1850 ► FLARE to steal actively, lightly, or delicately → sl.
1851 ► MOOCH to idle and loaf about, generally with the idea of seeing what one can pick up on the sly; to pilfer → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1851 ► SMOUCH → SMOUTCH to steal, to pilfer → Amer. dial.
1851 ► SMOUGE to steal, to pilfer → Amer. dial.
1854 ► KNOCK DOWN to embezzle, to steal from a firm’s takings → US sl.
1854 ► NOBBLE to appropriate dishonestly, to steal → Brit. sl.
1857 ► MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal → Amer. sl.
1859 ► DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands → Aust. sl.
1859 ► WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission → Brit. sl.
1860 ► SNATCH BALD-HEADED to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse → US Civil War usage
1861 ► SNAKE to get or obtain a thing furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat a person out of something →
1862 ► BE ON THE CROSS to be a thief, to live by stealing → sl.
1863 ► NECK to catch; to steal → Sc.
1866 ► COON to steal something, usually of relatively small value, with stealth → Amer. dial.
1866 ► YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal → Amer. dial.
1867 ► MANARVEL to pilfer small stores → nautical sl.
1876 ► SCLEM → SKLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles → Eng. dial.
1882 ► CROOK to steal → US sl.
1885 ► SCOFF to filch, to steal, to plunder, to sponge → Sc.
1889 ► SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission → sl.
1890 ► CLIFT to steal → thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
1890 ► SCRAB to grab, to snatch; to steal → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1891 ► ATTRACT to steal → euphemism
1892 ► BAG IT to steal it → Amer. sl.
1892 ► JUMP to cheat, to steal → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► PAY WITH A HOOK to steal → Aust. thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► GAM to steal → UK sl. obs.
1895 ► SNAG to catch, to get hold of, to grab; to steal → Amer. dial.
1896 ► CLIMP to steal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1897 ► KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal → Eng. dial.
1898 ► CAR AWAY to steal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► MANAVEL to pilfer eatables or articles of small value → Amer. dial.
..L19 ► COP to steal → sl.
..L19 ► KAPSWALLA to steal → US criminals’ sl.
..L19 ► KLEP to steal → sl.
..L19 ► NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat → UK criminals’ sl.
..L19 ► NAIL A STRIKE to steal a watch → UK criminals’ sl.
..20C ► COP A STEAL to steal → US sl.
..20C ► DAP to pick up; to steal, esp. luggage → sl.
..20C ► GRAZE to pilfer and eat sweets, fruit, etc. from supermarkets while shopping → US
..20C ► PRA-PRA to snatch, to steal → W. Indies
..20C ► PULL A JOB to carry out a crime, esp. stealing → Amer. sl.
..20C ► RAZZLE to steal → Aust. sl.
..E20 ► BOOST to steal, to shoplift, to rob → US sl.
..E20 ► CLIP to swindle; to rob, to steal → sl., orig. US
1900 ► DAMP to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth → US criminals’ sl.
1900 ► FEFF to steal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► JUMP OUT to steal → US criminals’ sl.
1900 ► MIKE to steal, to make off with → sl.
1902 ► IVELL to pilfer, to rifle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► REEF to pull up a pocket-lining to steal the contents, or to steal from a pocket; to steal or obtain dishonestly → sl.
1903 ► RESPUN to steal → tinkers’ sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOUNGE to pilfer → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SNITCH to steal → sl.
1904 ► STRIKE to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAME to steal, to rob, to plunder → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► SMOOCH → SMOOTCH to steal; to pilfer; to appropriate to one’s own use or benefit → Amer. dial.
1905 ► YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► RAT to search for things to steal; to steal, to pilfer property; to pick a pocket → Aust. & NZ sl.
1907 ► GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest → Amer. dial.
1907 ► SACK OFF to carry off surreptitiously, to steal → Amer. dial.
1909 ► SCAMP to cheat, to steal → Amer. dial.
1909 ► SNIPE to steal or take without permission → sl., chiefly Amer.
1910 ► GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself → US sl.
1910 ► GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself → US sl.
1910 ► SALVAGE to steal, to pilfer → Aust. & US sl.
1910 ► SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud → Aust. & NZ sl.
1910 ► SCROUNGE to steal → Aust. sl.
1910 ► WORK OVER to search and steal from somebody’s clothes → sl.
1914 ► CLOUT to steal any kind of valuables in any manner → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1914 ► HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge → services’ sl.
1915 ► WIN to steal, to lift → World War I Amer. sl.
1918 ► GIP → GYP → JIP to steal, to filch; to rob from → Amer. sl.
1918 ► GYPSY to steal, to filch; to rob from → Amer. sl.
1919 ► KEELIE to pilfer → Sc.
1919 ► KNOCK OFF to steal or rob → sl.
1919 ► SOUVENIR to take something as a ‘souvenir’; to pilfer, to steal → euphemism, orig. services’ sl.
1920 ► GLUE to steal → sl., orig. US
1920 ► HAVE IT AWAY WITH to steal an object → sl.
1920 ► NASK to steal, to pilfer unobtrusively → Sc.
1920 ► SNOOP to steal → sl., orig. US
1925 ► DRUM to steal from an unoccupied house, room., etc. → Brit. sl.
1925 ► HALF-INCH to steal → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘pinch’
1930 ► HOCK to steal → US sl.
1930 ► ORGANIZE to steal, to loot → sl., orig. military
1930 ► POLE ON to steal → Aust. sl. 
1930 ► SNABBLE to steal, to take away by stealth → Amer. dial.
1931 ► HEIST to steal, rob, or hold up → sl., orig. US
1931 ► HOIST to steal or rob → sl., orig. US
1933 ► BLAG to rob (with violence), to steal → Brit. sl.
1934 ► KIPE → KYPE to steal, to pilfer → Amer. dial.
1937 ► ACQUIRE to steal something → UK sl.
1938 ► CHIP to filch, to steal → Amer. sl.
1940 ► LOUSE to pilfer → Aust. sl.
1940 ► RAISE to steal → US criminals’ sl.
1942 ► MOONLIGHT  to steal, esp. at night; to take, to latch on to something → Amer. dial.
1942 ► SCORE to steal → sl., orig. US
1943 ► RABBIT to steal or scrounge → Aust. nautical sl.
1944 ► LIBERATE to loot or steal → euphemism or jocular
1945 ► BUSHWHACK to ambush; to cheat; to steal; to lie → World War II Amer. sl.
1949 ► CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal → Amer. dial.
1950 ► BEAT to steal → Amer. sl.
1950 ► MOONLIGHT to steal cattle → Irish sl.
1950 ► OFF to steal; to rob, usually with violence → Amer. sl.
1950 ► RAIFIELD → RAYFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner → African-American sl.
1950 ► VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain → African-American sl.
1956 ► GYTCH to steal → Amer. sl.
1956 ► LIGHT-FINGER to steal; to pilfer; to rob → US sl.
1960 ► APPROPRIATE to steal something → US military sl.
1960 ► BOOST AND SHOOT to steal to support a drug habit → drug culture sl.
1960 ► KIFE to steal → US sl.
1960 ► SCARF to pilfer; to steal → US students’ sl.
1960 ► VIC to steal → African-American teen sl.
1964 ► COON to steal something; to cheat someone → US sl.
1964 ► POLE to steal something → NZ sl.
1965 ► DODGE to steal an animal → Aust. sl.
1968 ► COB to steal, to filch, to take → Amer. dial.
1969 ► CROCK to steal, to swipe → Amer. dial.
1969 ► FINCH to snitch, to pilfer, to filch → Amer. dial.
1970 ► BURN to steal → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► PROCURE FOR A CAUSE to steal → US sl.  (Bk.)
1970 ► PUT THE GRAB ON to steal → US sl.  (Bk.)
1970 ► SCOOP to steal something → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► SHARF to steal → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► SWOOP to steal → US sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► JACK UP to rob, to steal; to hold up → Amer. dial.
1971 ► WOG to steal → sl.
1977 ► MACE to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick → UK sl.
1979 ► CHORE to steal something → UK Gypsy sl. 
1980 ► CADGE to steal → sl.
1980 ► JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly → sl., orig. US
1980 ► SANCOCHO to steal → drug culture sl.
1980 ► SKANK to steal and run away → sl., orig. W. Indies
1982 ► GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with → Amer. dial.
1984 ► CONVERT to steal something → NZ sl.
1989 ► CHORO to steal something → Fiji sl. 
1990 ► MACK to steal → sl.
1990 ► RAPE to misuse; to steal → sl.
1990 ► YANK to steal → US students’ sl.
1991 ► CARJACK to steal a car from its drive under threat of bodily harm → US sl.
1993 ► SPLACK to steal a car, esp. by shattering the steering column → US sl.
1993 ► TWOC to steal a car for the purpose of joy-riding → UK sl., orig. police usage
1993 ► VICK to steal → US sl.
1997 ► CAR-SHOP to break into a car to steal its contents → US sl.
1997 ► RACK to steal → US sl.
1999 ► SNOWDROP to steal clothes from the washing line → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 ► DEAD to remove, to steal → US prison sl.
2002 ► SHUSH to steal something → 2002 UK sl.
2006 ► BAMBOOZLE to steal something → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BITE to steal something; to copy something without permission → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DOINK to steal something → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► GACK to steal something → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► GAFFLE to steal something → US sl. (Bk.)