STEAL    偷竊

TAKE SECRETLY OFFENDING the LAW.
PURLOINTHIEVETAKETAKE FOR ONESELFHELP ONESELF TOLOOTPILFERRUN OFF WITHABSCOND WITHCARRY OFFSHOPLIFTEMBEZZLEMISAPPROPRIATEINFORMAL WALK OFF WITHROBSWIPESNATCHNABRIP OFFLIFT“lIBERATE”“bORROW”FILCHPINCHHEISTBRIT. INFORMAL NICKFORMAL PECULATE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for any form of stealing is qiè 竊 and this word in no way suggests that the person who steals is in fact a professional or habitual thief. 2. Dào 盜 refers to a clandestine operation of stealing that may be on a fairly small scale, but typically by a person who specialises in stealing, a dào 盜 "thief". 3. Rǎng 攘 refers specifically to an act of taking another's property from a place other than his own home. 4. Tōu 偷 refers to stealthy and illicit enjoyment or sometimes misappropriation of something.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN AFFAIRS 50. THIEF 偷盜者。 竊，手段詭秘的小偷。 偷，小偷，漢時出現的口語詞。 盜，小偷或搶劫財物的人。 賊，殺人越貨的強盜。 寇，結伙搶劫的盜匪。 暴客，攜帶兵器的外來強盜。
Modern Chinese Criteria
盜竊 偷竊 行竊 偷盜 偷 盜 竊 順手牽羊 小偷小摸 監守自盜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ROB　STEAL, USING VIOLENCE. (anc: 17/0, child: 1)
See also
  • VILLAINADULT who is WICKED AND HAS ACTED:committed CRIMES.
Hypernym
  • TAKE　OBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF. (anc: 15/0, child: 10)
  • OBTAIN　BEGIN to HAVE. (anc: 14/0, child: 5)
  • BEGIN　ENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.56

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 21.45

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    STEAL

    surripere refers to secretly and illegally taking anthing from its lawful owner, often but not necessarily with the evil intention of stealing.

    furari refers to the simple act of stealing as carried out by a thief.

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 255

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    FURTUM "stealing"

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 778

    竊，盜，賊

    1. Qie4 竊 nearly always refers to very concrete and banal petty theft and is not at all synonymous with da4o 盜 which is robbery in general and may refer to large-scale highway banditry and robbery.

    2.

    LH 33.14.3; Liu 529;

    攻城襲邑， Attacking a city, harassing a town,

    剽劫虜掠， robing and pillaging,

    發則事覺， once it happens, this event will be found,

    道路皆知盜也。 and all the wayfarers know the robbers.

    穿鑿垣牆， But piercing a wall,

    狸步鼠竊， sneaking like a cat, and stealing like a rat,

    莫知謂誰。� (when this happens,) nobody know who do this.�

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.291

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p.

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 96

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 145A

    • Words (20 items)

    竊  qiè OC: tsheed MC: tshet 51 Attributions

    The current general word for any form of stealing is qiè 竊 and this word in no way suggests that the person who steals is in fact a professional or habitual thief.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 盜/STEAL Dào 盜 refers to a clandestine operation of stealing that may be on a fairly small scale, but typically by a person who specialises in stealing, a dào 盜 "thief".

      Syntactic words
    • nabactstealing
    • vadNgiven to stealing
    • vt(oN)steal the determinate relevant (kind of) thing
    • vt[oN]engage in stealing; start stealing
    • vtoNsnatch away; misappropriate; illegally take for oneself
    • vtoNsteal things from NCH
    • vtoNfigurativeget (a position etc) by inappropriate or illegal means
    • vtoNN=humansteal from, burgle
    • vtoNsubject=humansteal
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2steal N1 from N2
    盜  dào OC: daaws MC: dɑu 30 Attributions

    Dào 盜 refers to a clandestine operation of stealing that may be on a fairly small scale, but typically by a person who specialises in stealing, a dào 盜 "thief".

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 竊/STEAL The current general word for any form of stealing is qiè 竊 and this word in no way suggests that the person who steals is in fact a professional or habitual thief.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactoutrage, depredations, criminal acts; robbery; theft
    • vadNthief-like (thoughts); thievish; given to stealing
    • viactengage in thievery
    • vt[oN]steel thingsDS
    • vt[oN]inchoativestart stealing thingsCH
    • vtoNsteal
    攘  ráng OC: njaŋ MC: ȵi̯ɐŋ 8 Attributions

    Ráng 攘 refers specifically to an act of taking another's property from a place other than his own home.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 奪/ROB The current word for appropriating something that is not one's own by right is duó 奪.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNgiven to stealing
    • viactengage in stealing
    • vtoNsteal from; steal from a place other than the owner's home
    偷  tōu OC: lʰoo MC: thu 7 Attributions

    Tōu 偷 refers to stealthy and illicit enjoyment or sometimes misappropriation of something.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNthieving; thievish
    • vtoNsurreptitiously acquire; secretly enjoy
    盜竊  dào qiè OC: daaws tsheed MC: dɑu tshet 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactstealing
    • VPadNthievishCH
    • VPadVby way of stealing, without acknowledging one's source
    • vt[oN]engage in thievery; steal things
    竊盜  qiè dào OC: tsheed daaws MC: tshet dɑu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab{N1=N2}actstealing
    • VPiactsteal, engage in stealing
    餂  tiǎn MC: -- OC: -- 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativepilfer from, use tricks to steal fromCH
    偷盜  tōu dào OC: lʰoo daaws MC: thu dɑu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactengage in stealing
    翦  jiǎn OC: tsenʔ MC: tsiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstrip somebody of something > steal; plunder
    賊  zéi OC: sɡɯɯɡ MC: dzək 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsteal
    • vtoNsteal things fromCH
    偷取  tōu qǔ OC: lʰoo skhoʔ MC: thu tshi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativesteal
    偷得  tōu dé OC: lʰoo tɯɯɡ MC: thu tək 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe stolen
    • VPtoNresultativesteal
    剝  bō OC: prooɡ MC: pɣɔk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsteal from > "fleece"
    勦  jiǎo OC: tsawʔ MC: tsiɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNplagiarise
    宄  guǐ OC: kʷruʔ MC: ki
    軌  guǐ OC: kʷruʔ MC: ki 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nagenttraitor
    • viactsteal (particularly as an insider); commit treachery; be a traitor
    探  tàn MC: thom OC: kh-luum 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfilch; search through and steal the contents of CH
    劫掠  jié lǜe OC: kab ɡ-raɡ MC: ki̯ɐp li̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNsteal
    奪攘  duó ráng OC: dood njaŋ MC: dʷɑt ȵi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcommit all sorts of thievery
    穿窬  chuān yú OC: khjon lo MC: tɕhiɛn ji̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNsteal
    姦  jiān OC: kraan MC: kɣan 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNZUO: steal (particularly as an outsider)