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Swipe frequently connotes quick, furtive snatching or seizing: To lift is to take something surreptitiously and keep it for oneself: Pinch can apply loosely to any kind of stealing, but literally it means taking something by picking it up between the thumb and the fingers: Switch to new thesaurus. Related words like kleptomania fear kleptophobia.

References in classic literature? Boxtel at first entertained an idea of stealing the key, but it soon occurred to him, not only that it would be exceedingly difficult to abstract it from her pocket, but also that, when she perceived her loss, she would not leave her room until the lock was changed, and then Boxtel's first theft would be useless. They tried to argue it away by reminding conscience that they had purloined sweetmeats and apples scores of times; but conscience was not to be appeased by such thin plausibilities; it seemed to them, in the end, that there was no getting around the stubborn fact that taking sweetmeats was only "hooking," while taking bacon and hams and such valuables was plain simple stealing -- and there was a command against that in the Bible.

He thought that she had come to Castra Regis again for the opportunity of stealing something, and was determined that on this occasion the chance of pressing his advantage over her should not pass.

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I called it borrowing, because that was what pap always called it; but Tom said it warn't borrowing, it was stealing. Hey — it's fair play and it's part of the game! These are both examples of pretend or imaginary stealing that are OK, but there is another form of stealing that is wrong. The stolen object can be as small as a piece of candy or as big as a car. It can be taken from a store, a kind of stealing called shoplifting, or from someone's home.

But either way, it's stealing. People can steal words and ideas , too.

For instance, if someone takes your book report and tells the teacher that she — not you — wrote it, that's another form of stealing. Imagine how upset you would be if that happened to you!

Little kids age 4 and younger may not understand that they shouldn't take things that don't belong to them. But by the time you are 5 or 6, you understand what's right and what's wrong. Most school-age kids know that they aren't supposed to take something without asking or without paying for it.

Still, some kids lack self-control. They might see something they want and take it. They don't stop to think first about what might happen.

They might not think to buy the object or ask to borrow it. Kids get better at self-control as they grow. Some kids may need extra help learning self-control. Some kids steal because their friends or family members do it or because they might have been dared.

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They might believe their friends will like them more if they steal. Doing something for these reasons is called peer pressure , but kids don't have to give in to it. Some kids steal because they feel something is missing in their lives.

What's missing may be love or attention. Or simple things like food and clothing. They may be angry , sad , scared, or jealous.

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They might steal as a way to deal with the situation. But stealing won't fix what's missing.

Other kids might have personal problems that lead them to steal. They may feel jealous of what others have.

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