(a) Stealing, theft; also, theft personified; (b) an act of stealing; (c) that which is stolen; (d) furtive action; an act unobserved, a sneaky act; bi (on, with) stelth, surreptitiously, furtively……
(a) To commit or practice theft, steal; stelen of, steal some part of (sth.); ppl.stelinge as adj.: thieving, thievish; (b) to rob (sb. or sth.), steal from; (c) to steal (sth.), purloin; also fig.……