красть — meaning in English
krast
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English meaning
- glom verb To take firm hold of something; to catch or fasten onto it.
- heist noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
- 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
красть is used for these senses in English:
- heist (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- 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.
glom — full definition
- verb To take firm hold of something; to catch or fasten onto it.
- verb To stick or clump together into a mass.
heist — full definition
- noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
- noun A movie or story genre built around the planning and execution of a robbery.
- verb To steal or rob, especially in a bold or organized way.
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