surripiar — meaning in English

English meaning

• pilfer verb To steal small amounts of things, especially items of little value.
• 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

surripiar is used for these senses in English:

• pilfer (ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
• steal (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
• swipe (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.

steal — full definition

1. verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
2. verb To take credit for or copy someone else's idea, joke, or work without acknowledgment.
3. verb To move quietly and unnoticed.
4. verb In sports, to advance to another base, or take possession of the ball, through skill rather than a scoring play.
5. noun An item priced so low it feels like a bargain.

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