Purchase
How words are described
| normal | normal purchase | normal steal |
| direct | direct purchase | direct steal |
| single | single purchase | single steal |
| real | real purchase | real steal |
| Other adjectives: successful, recent, attempted. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Specifically, she hides the plans and the components in specific historical objects before they become historical, while the aliens then purchase or steal them in the future.
Source: The Slow Path - It looks very much like the fake Stillwater Giant skin that the player can steal or purchase from a museum display.
Source: Real After All -
Averted in Link's Awakening, where you can actually purchase the bow for an exorbitant 980 rupees (or steal it).
Source: Commonplace Rare
Cite this Source
Steal and Purchase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/purchase/steal
Purchase & Steal. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/purchase/steal>.
Steal or Purchase. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/purchase/steal.
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