[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force:A pickpocket stole his watch.", "to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.", "to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance:He stole my girlfriend.", "to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually followed byaway, from, in, into,etc.):They stole the bicycle into the bedroom to surprise the child.", "Baseball.(of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.", "Games.to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.", "to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance:The comedian stole the show."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to commit or practice theft.", "to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved:She stole out of the house at midnight.", "to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually:The years steal by.", "Baseball.(of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Informal.an act of stealing; theft.", "Informal.the thing stolen; booty.", "Informal.something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain:This dress is a steal at $40.", "Baseball.the act of advancing a base by stealing."]}]