Borrow and Stealing

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Borrow verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).

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Stealing and borrow are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Stealing" with "Borrow", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: borrowing, borrower

Stealing noun - The unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner.

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Borrow and stealing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Borrow" instead a verb "Stealing".

Nearby Words: steal, stealthy, stealth

Peevy: Clifford, when you borrow something and you don't tell nobody, they call that stealing, you know.

Source: Film / The Rocketeer
She proceeds to borrow someone else's phone to call a ride home, then tell a policeman who she suspects of stealing hers.

Source: Webcomic / Mulberry
In the first Kingdom Keepers book, Wayne says that Finn would only "borrow" Walt Disney's pen, as oppose to stealing it.

Source: "Blackmail" is Such an Ugly Word

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