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12. compose oneself, control oneself, calm down, settle down, cool off, Inf. simmer down; get hold of oneself, take oneself in hand; come to one's senses, see things in proper perspective.

steal, v. 1. rob, thieve, pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit, prig, Euph. borrow, Archaic, nim; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark; shoplift, palm, Sl. boost, walk off or away with, Euph. remove; All Sl. heist, pinch, hook, swipe, hustle, rip off, frisk, crook, cop, lift.
2. appropriate, expropriate, arrogate, usurp; commandeer, hijack, skyjack; pirate, plagiarize, copy, Inf. lift, Inf crib, forge, counterfeit.
3. (usu. of persons) abduct, kidnap, Sl. snatch, make off with, carry off, rape, seize; (usu. in reference to military service) impress, press, conscript, Naut. shanghai, crimp.
4. plunder, despoil, pillage, ravage, harry, ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle.
5. pirate, freeboot, buccaneer, privateer, filibuster.
6. Inf. poach, deerjack; smuggle, bootleg, Inf. sneak [s.t.] in.
7. scrounge, Sl. freeload, Sl. mooch, Inf. sponge, scavenge, Sl. bum.
8. sneak, prowl, lurk, couch, skulk, U.S. Sl. gumshoe; slink, worm, slide, slither; slip, tiptoe, pussyfoot.
9. pass, go by, elapse, lapse, fly, flit, glide, drift, flow; slide, creep.
-n. 10. Informal, theft, stealage, pilferage. See - stealing (def. 1).
11. Informal, booty, loot, spoils. See - plunder (def. 5).
12. Informal, bargain, good deal, good buy, Inf. buy, Inf. giveaway.

stealing, n. 1. robbery, theft, thievery, pilferage, pilfering, filching, Sl. swiping, Sl. hustling, Sl. copping; peculation, embezzlement, Law. defalcation, misappropriation; shoplifting, palming, Sl. boosting; Psychol, kleptomania; smuggling, bootlegging; burglary, breaking and entering, Law. larceny, safe-cracking; purse-snatching, U.S. Inf. mugging, Sl. jumping.
2. expropriation, appropriation, arrogation, usurpation, accroachment, assumption; plagiarism, copying, Inf. cribbing, Inf. lifting; dispossession, deprivation, deprival, divestiture, bereavement.
3. commandeering, hijacking, skyjacking, air or sky piracy; (usu. of persons) kidnapping, capture, seizure, rape, impressment, conscription, manstealing, child-stealing; (all of animals) poaching, deerjacking, pet-napping, dognapping, (of cattle) rustling.
4. stealings loot, booty. See - plunder (def. 5). stealth, n. furtiveness, surreptitiousness, clandestineness, covertness, stealthiness; slyness, sneakiness, Inf. shadiness; underhand dealing, Inf. shady operation.

stealthy, adj. covert, clandestine, surreptitious, undercover, underground, back-alley; sly, furtive, sneaky, sneaking, underhand, underhanded, Inf. under the table or counter, backroom, backstairs; secret, hugger-mugger, hole-and-corner, closed-door, closet; shifty, slippery, Inf. shady,

steam, n. 1. vapor, condensation, mist, haze, fog, cloud, fume, smoke; moisture, dampness, wetness; va-porescence, exhalation.
2. blow off steam Slang, get excited, rant and rave, holler, yell, scream and holler; let oneself go, revel, roister, cut loose, let loose, Sl. party, whoop it up; Sl. let it all hang out; give vent to one's feelings.
-v. 3. vaporize, volatilize, Chem. sublime, Chem. sublimate, moisturize, gasify; distill, concentrate, purify.