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.