steal
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
Example:
Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.
- nounThe act of stealing.
- verbTo appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
Example:
They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #410 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 98% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None