ворова́ть — meaning in English
vorovat
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English meaning
- kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.
- pilfer verb To steal small amounts of things, especially items of little value.
- purloin verb (formal) To steal something, often by betraying someone's trust.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
Senses
ворова́ть is used for these senses in English:
- kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]
- pilfer (ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- purloin (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.
- thieve (intransitive) To commit theft.
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