klauen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
- nick noun A small cut or notch in a surface, or the exact critical point or moment something happens.
- pilfer verb To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- poach verb To cook something gently in barely simmering liquid, usually water.
- rip verb To tear something apart quickly and forcefully.
- shoplift verb To steal goods from a shop while it is open for business.
- snatch verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.
- snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
- swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.
Senses
klauen is used for these senses in English:
- boost (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
- lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- nick (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
- pilfer (ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- rip (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
- rip off (transitive, slang) To copy, especially illegally.
- shoplift (transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.
- snitch (slang, dated, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
boost — full definition
- noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- verb To help increase or improve something.
- verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).
lift — full definition
- verb To raise something to a higher position.
- verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
- verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
- noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
- noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.