Steal Like An Artist

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a : to take (something that does not belong to you) in a way that is wrong or illegal

-They stole thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry from the store./Someone stole my bicycle./

He discovered that his car had been stolen./a stolen watch/The store manager accused the boy of stealing./ to take (something that you are not supposed to have) without asking for permission/ stole a cookie from the cookie jar./ to wrongly take and use (another person's idea, words, etc.)He stole my idea./to persuade (someone who has been with someone else) to be with you especially by doing things that are unfair or dishonest/He stole my girlfriend./They stole our best pitcher away from our team./to get (something that is difficult to get) in usually a quick and often secret wayI stole a nap this afternoon. [=I managed to take a brief nap this afternoon]/He stole a peek/look [=took a quick peek/look] at the birthday cake./

He stole a glance at her [=looked at her quickly] before riding away./She stole a kiss from him [=kissed him in a quick and sudden way] and ran away./to get more attention than others during (a performance, scene, etc.)Her impassioned acting stole the scene. [=everyone in the audience watched her during the scene because of her impassioned acting]/His outstanding performance stole the show./a baseball : to reach (a base) safely by running to it from the previous base when the ball has not been hit by a batter/He reached first base on a single and then stole second (base).