Steal vs Snatched - What's the difference?
steal | snatched |
(lb) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
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*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal'. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't ' steal ."
To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
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(lb) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
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*(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
*:Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly,and do not think to steal it.
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To acquire at a low price.
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(lb) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
(lb) To move silently or secretly.
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*1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Ch.1:
*:"Did he take his bottle well?" Mrs. Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs. Flanders bent over and looked anxiously at the baby, asleep, but frowning. The window shook, and Rebecca stole like a cat and wedged it.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:He will steal himself into a man's favour.
To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
To dispossess
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=February 12, author=Les Roopanarine, work=BBC
, title= The act of stealing.
A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
(basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
(baseball) A stolen base.
(curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
(computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs
(snatch)
To grasp quickly.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.
To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
* Alexander Pope
To grasp and remove quickly.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
* Thomson
To steal.
(by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
, title= To do something quickly due to limited time available.
* , chapter=10
, title= A quick grab or catch.
(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
A vulva.
* 1962 , Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall , Grove Press, page 83,
* 1985 , Jackie Collins, Lucky , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671524933, page 150,
* 2008 , Jim Craig, North to Disaster , Bushak Press, ISBN 0961711213, page 178,
As verbs the difference between steal and snatched
is that steal is to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else while snatched is past tense of snatch.As a noun steal
is the act of stealing.steal
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Verb
Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=United's hopes of mounting a serious response suffered a blow within two minutes of the restart when Evans, who had endured a miserable afternoon, lost concentration and allowed Balotelli to steal in behind him. The defender's only reaction was to haul the Italian down, resulting in an inevitable red card.}}
Birmingham 1-0 Stoke, passage=However, until Gardner stole the ball from Dean Whitehead in the centre circle with the half-hour approaching, setting off on a run which culminated with a testing long-range shot - with debutant Obafemi Martins lurking, Begovic gathered at the second time of asking - Stoke looked the more credible contenders to break the deadlock.}}
Synonyms
* (to illegally take possession of) flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack, lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, confiscate, convert * (to secretly move) sneak * See alsoAntonyms
* (acquire licitly ) receive, purchase, buy, earn * (provide freely ) donate, bestow, grantTroponyms
* shopliftSee also
* burglarize * burgle * confiscate * pickpocket * pilfer * steal awayNoun
(en noun)- At this price, this car is a steal .
Synonyms
* (merchandise available at a very attractive price) bargainReferences
snatched
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *snatch
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) snacchen, snecchen, from (etyl) . Related to snack.Verb
- to snatch a kiss
- when half our knowledge we must snatch , not take
- "How many times have I told you?" she cried, and seized him and snatched his stick away from him.
- Snatch me to heaven.
Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd, passage=But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Synonyms
* grab * See alsoDerived terms
* snatcher * purse snatcher * (l)Noun
(es)- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
- I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
- Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch ?
- Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch , which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.
- “You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch ?”