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красть — meaning in English

krast

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English meaning

  • glom verb To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.
  • 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 in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
  • purloin verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  • 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

  1. verb To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.
  2. verb To clump up, to seize together into a lump or conglomeration.

heist — full definition

  1. noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
  2. noun A movie or story genre built around the planning and execution of a robbery.
  3. verb To steal or rob, especially in a bold or organized way.

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