klauen

umg.

I v/t steal, pinch, snitch, swipe

II v/i steal (things)

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to swipe (ugs.); to shoplift (ugs.); to filch (ugs.); to shanghai (ugs.); to snitch (ugs.)

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klau|en ['klauən] (inf)

1. vt

to nick (Brit inf to pinch (inf) (jdm etw sth from sb); Ideen auch to crib (jdm etw sth from sb)

2. vi

to steal, to nick (Brit inf) or pinch things (inf)

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die

1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) clutch

2) (to steal: Who pinched my bicycle?) pinch

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klau·en

[ˈklauən]

(fam)

I. vt

▪ [jdm] etw \klauen to pinch [or BRIT a. nick] sth [from sb] fam

II. vi to pinch [or BRIT a. nick] things fam

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1.

(ugs.) transitives Verb pinch (sl.); nick (Brit. sl.); (fig.) pinch (sl.), nick (Brit. coll.), crib <idea>

jemandem etwas klauen — pinch or (Brit. coll.) nick/crib something from somebody

2.

intransitives Verb pinch (sl.) or nick (Brit. coll.) things

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klauen umg

A. v/t steal, pinch, snitch, swipe

B. v/i steal (things)

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1.

(ugs.) transitives Verb pinch (sl.); nick (Brit. sl.); (fig.) pinch (sl.), nick (Brit. coll.), crib <idea>

jemandem etwas klauen — pinch or (Brit. coll.) nick/crib something from somebody

2.

intransitives Verb pinch (sl.) or nick (Brit. coll.) things

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v.

to filch v.

to pilfer v.

to shoplift v.

to snitch v.

to swipe v.

to thieve v.