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rubare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
  • purloin verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  • rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
  • sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
  • 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.

Senses

rubare is used for these senses in English:

  • jack (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
  • purloin (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.
  • rob (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
  • sneak (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
  • snitch (slang, dated, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
  • steal (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
  • steal (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
  • steal (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

jack — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
  2. noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
  3. noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
  4. noun Informal: money.
  5. verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.

purloin — full definition

  1. verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  2. verb To commit theft; to thieve.

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