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Taking what isn't yours, minus the paperwork and the permission
means To take something that belongs to someone else without their permission or right to it.
from From Old English 'stelan,' a very old Germanic verb with relatives like German 'stehlen' and Gothic 'stilan' — the root itself is ancient and its deeper origins are lost to time, but the word has meant 'to take dishonestly' for as long as it's been written down.
- legal cousin
- same action with a receipt is called shopping
- old english root
- stelan meant the same thing in 800 AD
- bargain usage
- calling a price a steal admits it should cost more
- base running
- only sport where stealing earns applause, not jail