steals

Noun

• an advantageous purchase
• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
• The number of stolen bases by a baserunner.

Verb

• take without the owner's consent
• move stealthily
• steal a base
• third-person singular simple present indicative of steal

Examples

• He has 25 steals this year.

Synonyms

bargain, buy, slip, steal