verb (steal, kidnap)
1. to steal. Take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by
force.
2. to steal, carry off, or abduct by
force or fraud, esp. for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
3. to appropriate (ideas,
credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
4. to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance.