Steal

Take

Synonyms: Purloin, take, help oneself to, pilfer, run off with, abstract, shoplift, misappropriate, run away/off with, swipe, rip off, liberate, snaffle, souvenir, pinch, whip, nobble, scrump, heist, snavel, tief, hook, defalcate, go walkies, thieving, robbery, burglary, pilfering, looting, misappropriation, peculation, thieve, take for oneself, loot, abscond with, appropriate, carry off, embezzle, walk off/away with, rob, nab, lift, filch, snitch, nick, half-inch, knock off, bone, blag, glom, clifty, crib, peculate, walk, theft, thievery, larceny, shoplifting, pilferage, appropriation, embezzlement, and defalcation.

Copy

Synonyms: Plagiarize, pass off as one's own, pirate, borrow, rip off, crib, nick, copy, infringe the copyright of, poach, appropriate, lift, and pinch.

Sneak

Synonyms: Snatch, obtain stealthily, sneak, and get surreptitiously.

Sneak

Synonyms: Creep, slink, slither, glide, slope, move furtively, pussyfoot, prowl, decamp, run off, flee, take off, disappear, slip away, beat a hasty retreat, make a run for it, leave, make oneself scarce, scram, vamoose, cut and run, push off, clear off, hotfoot it, do a bunk, do a moonlight flit, head for the hills, take French leave, scarper, go on the lam, bug out, cut out, sneak, slip, slide, sidle, edge, tiptoe, pad, abscond, make off, run away, bolt, take flight, vanish, sneak away, escape, make one's getaway, depart, split, skedaddle, skip, make tracks, shove off, hightail it, show a clean pair of heels, do a runner, do a disappearing act, fly the coop, go AWOL, take a powder, light out, peel out, and hook it.

Raid

Synonyms: Theft, raid, burglary, thievery, hold-up, misappropriation, fraud, snatch, stick-up, job, blag, peculation, robbery, ram raid, larceny, break-in, embezzlement, swindle, dacoity, smash-and-grab (raid), mugging, pinch, heist, and defalcation.

Example Sentences

They tried to steal valuable items.

Don't let anyone steal your joy.

He wouldn’t steal from a friend.

Someone attempted to steal last night.