The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word THIEVE , but the solution may also be LIFT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Steal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THIEVE | 19 % | 6 |
| SWIPE | 11 % | 5 |
| ROB | 10 % | 3 |
| PILFER | 8 % | 6 |
| COP | 8 % | 3 |
| FILCH | 7 % | 5 |
| TAKE | 6 % | 4 |
| POACH | 4 % | 5 |
| BARGAIN | 4 % | 7 |
| GLOM | 3 % | 4 |
| LIFT | 3 % | 4 |
| PECULATE | 2 % | 8 |
| CREEP | 2 % | 5 |
| GOODDEAL | 2 % | 8 |
| RIFLE | 2 % | 5 |
| PURLOIN | 2 % | 7 |
| SKULK | 1 % | 5 |
| SHOPLIFT | 1 % | 8 |
| DEAL | 1 % | 4 |
| CRIB | 1 % | 4 |
| NIM | 1 % | 3 |
| CLIP | 1 % | 4 |
| LURK | 1 % | 4 |
| WALKOFFWITH | 1 % | 11 |
| PIRATE | 1 % | 6 |
Why may LIFT be the right solution?
"LIFT" is a synonym for "steal" in informal language. In this context, "LIFT" means to take something without permission.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Steal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- buy
- sneak
- slip
- bargain
- creep
- mouse
- pussyfoot
- pilfer
- snatch
- grab
- seize
- thieve
Crossword Answer definitions
THIEVE verb- To commit theft.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result THIEVE
More clues leading to the result SWIPE
- Apply a five-finger discount to
- Lift
- Steal, like the fox in "Dora the Explorer"
- Pick pockets
- Filch
- Credit-card action
- Make off with
- Rip off
- Liberate, so to speak
- Take without permission
More clues leading to the result ROB
- Carl's son
- Half a Walter Scott novel
- Hold up
- Knock over
- Reiner or Roy
- A Reiner
- Plunder
- Rifle
- Burgle
- Steal from
More clues leading to the result PILFER
More clues leading to the result COP
- Flatfoot
- __ a plea
- Friday, e.g.
- One wielding tear gas or driving a tank, perhaps, alas (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from Barry Manilow)
- Beat walker
- Bobby from Britain
- Filch
- One in a cruiser
- Pig
- Whistle blower?
More clues leading to the result FILCH
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result POACH
- Prepare eggs Benedict eggs
- Cook in hot liquid
- Simmer
- Prepare eggs Benedict style
- Pilfer
- Steal
- Fish illegally
- Cook with water
- Way to cook 13 down
- Hunt in the wrong spot?
More clues leading to the result BARGAIN
- Steal
- Shopper's prize
- Profitable purchase
- Certain hunter's quest
- Good deal
- Cut-rate purchase
- Deal
- Real deal
- Three-for-two, say
- Shopper's find
More clues leading to the result GLOM
- Latch onto
- Seize, slangily
- Swipe
- Latch on to
- Latch (onto)
- Snatch
- Seize (onto)
- Grab, in slang
- Grab hold of
- Rip off
More clues leading to the result LIFT
- Elevator
- Hoist
- Hitchhiker's need
- Gank
- Boost
- Harrods conveyance
- Ride
- Pump iron
- Hitchhiker's hope
- Heightening shoe device
More clues leading to the result PECULATE
More clues leading to the result CREEP
- Move like ivy
- Repulsive one
- Watergate acronym
- Facebook stalker, e.g.
- Rush-hour pace
- Grow along the ground
- Lowlife
- Scoundrel
- Dirty rotten scoundrel
- Cad
More clues leading to the result GOODDEAL
- Considerable amount
- Lot
- Many, with "a"
- Quite a bit
- A ___ (sizable amount)
- Bargain hunter's goal
- Steal
- What a poker player may seek
- Excellent bargain
- Bargain hunter's desire
More clues leading to the result RIFLE
- Rummage through
- Long gun
- Search with intent to steal
- Sift through
- Bolt-action firearm
- Ransack and rob
- Plunder
- Ransack
- Biathlete's prop
- Drill item
More clues leading to the result PURLOIN
More clues leading to the result SKULK
- Lurk in the shadows
- Move furtively
- Hide in the dark
- Move stealthily
- Group of foxes
- Move evasively
- Sneak around
- Move in a stealthy manner
- Steal
- Move with stealth
More clues leading to the result SHOPLIFT
- Take inventory?
- Steal
- Pocket at the mall
- Be bad with goods?
- Take stock?
- *Conveyance in a multilevel London store?
More clues leading to the result DEAL
- "__ me in!"
- Distribute the deck
- Hand out hands
- Monty Hall specialty
- See 36D
- Trump's artistic interest
- Give all a hand
- Mete out
- Word said while shaking
- Successful negotiation result
More clues leading to the result CRIB
- Pony
- Corn rack
- Corny place?
- Manger
- Plagiarize
- Babe's bed
- Nursery furniture
- Cheater's reference
- Place to celebrate first night?
- Test-prep for the clueless
More clues leading to the result NIM
- Math game
- You play it with matches
- "Project ___" (documentary about a chimp)
- Math game played with matchsticks
- Steal
- The match game
- Game played with matchsticks
- Game where you can take your pick
- Match game?
- Stick game
More clues leading to the result CLIP
- Brooch
- What you do with coupons
- __-on tie
- Bit of film
- Hair holder
- Kind of joint
- Shorten
- Type of board
- Paper fastener
- Shear off
More clues leading to the result LURK
- Wait while hidden
- Just read the post and comments, say
- Sneak
- Read from the sidelines
- Be like a sneaker
- Sit silently in chat rooms
- Browse in on-line groups without posting
- Hang around unseen
- Slink just out of sight
- Contribute nothing in a chat room