STEAL

steal. Steal, v. stole, pret. stolen, pa. to take from another unlawfully and privately with felocious intent, gain by art, come or pass silently

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Steal (stēl), n. [[See Stale a handle.]] A handle; a stale, or stele. And in his hand a huge poleax did bear, Whose steale was iron-studded but not long. Spenser.