Usage examples of "steal" in English with translation to French

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Translations: all100 voler99 subtiliser1
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Poverty drove him to steal. La pauvreté l'a conduit à voler.
I steal it from you. Je te le vole.
Hunger urged him to steal. La faim l'a poussé à voler.
It is wrong to steal. Voler est mal.
I didn't steal it. Je ne l'ai pas volé.
It is wrong to steal money. C'est mal de voler de l'argent.
I would rather starve than steal. Je préfère plutôt jeûner que voler.
Good artists copy, great artists steal. Les bons artistes copient, les artistes éminents volent.
Can you teach me how to steal? Peux-tu m'apprendre à voler ?
She was captured trying to steal jewelry. Elle a été capturée alors qu'elle tentait de voler des bijoux.
She told me how it was wrong to steal. Elle m'a dit combien c'était mal de voler.
He who steals a pin will steal an ox. Qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf.
A moral person doesn't lie, cheat, or steal. Une personne vertueuse ne ment, ne triche et ne vole pas.
It is a sin to steal even a pin. Même voler une épingle est un péché.
A thief broke into the house to steal the money. Un voleur s'est introduit par effraction dans la maison pour voler de l'argent.
He will not steal my money; I have faith in him. Il ne volera pas mon argent ; j'ai confiance en lui.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain.
He caught them stealing apples. Il les a pris en train de voler des pommes.
Tom went swimming in the river, but when he got out, his clothes had been stolen. Tom est allé se baigner à la rivière, mais lorsqu'il est sorti, on avait subtilisé ses vêtements.
He is capable of stealing. Il est capable de voler.
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