besteal

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bistelen, from Old English bestelan, from Proto-West Germanic *bestelan, from Proto-Germanic *bistelaną, corresponding to be- (“off, away”) +‎ steal. Cognate with Saterland Frisian besteele, Dutch bestelen, German Low German bestehlen, Luxembourgish bestielen, German bestehlen, Swedish bestjäla (“to rob”). === Verb === besteal (third-person singular simple present besteals, present participle bestealing, simple past bestole, past participle bestolen) (intransitive, obsolete or archaic, rare) To steal, move stealthily. Synonym: steal away === Anagrams === Beatles, belates