The Clue
Have taking ways (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STEAL
Tags
Notes
The answer STEAL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Bargain
Filch
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Peculate
Pilfer
Pocket
Purloin
Rob
Amazing bargain
Bargain of a sort
Baseball datum
Big bargain
Brock's forte
Burglar's bargain
Commit a felony
Commit robbery
Diamond datum
Great bargain
Great buy
Hoopster's coup
Pick pockets
Quite a bargain
Real bargain
Super bargain
Super-bargain
Emulate Raines of the Expos
Force a turnover at the Omni
Get to second in a hurry
Great buy, slangily
Have sticky fingers
Take the wrong way?
Item at a 95% markdown, say
At least it's a real bargain
What the light-fingered do
Signal from the third base coach, maybe
Definition
STEAL as a noun:
1. (bargain, buy, steal) = an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
2. 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)
STEAL as a verb:
1. take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
2. (steal, slip) = move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
3. steal a base