steal, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

steal v.

also steal on

[SE steal up on]

(US prison) to attack without warning.

1985		T.R. Houser Central Sl. 49: steal on To deliver a surprise punch.
1992		G.P. Pelecanos Firing Offense 188: ‘One day this nigger dissed his ass in the street. Charles steals the motherfucker in the jaw’.
2000		Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 stole Definition: 1. a sucker punch. 2. an insult or punch that catches a person off-guard. Example: Oh man, Kermit just stole on old Rudy!
2000		Other Side of the Wall: Prisoner’s Dict. July 🌐 Stole: To be hit without warning. As in, ‘Man, he stole you.’ (TX).

steal a shive of a cut loaf (v.) [SE shive, a slice of bread]

of a man, to have adulterous intercourse with a married woman; thus phr. a slice off a cut loaf is never missed.

1592		Shakespeare Titus Andronicus II i: Easy it is Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know.
1880		‘Lady Pokingham’ in Pearl 11 May 34: ‘A slice from a cut loaf is never missed, you know Beatrice,’ he said.

steal blind (v.) [blind adv.¹]

(US) to rob or cheat to an extreme extent.

1920		C. Sandburg ‘Cahoots’ in Smoke and Steel 45: Play it across the table. / What if we steal this city blind? / If they want any thing let ’em nail it down.
1953		J. Thompson Savage Night (1991) 122: They [...] had said that I’d stolen his mother and father blind.
1963		B. Hecht Gaily, Gaily 87: Mayor William Hale Thompson, who was stealing the city blind.
1978		H. Selby Jr Requiem for a Dream (1987) 172: Jesus he was a good tief. He could steal ya blind.
1981		G.V. Higgins Rat on Fire (1982) 35: His clerks were [...] stealing him blind when he wasn’t watching the shelves.
2000		G.V. Higgins At End of Day (2001) 145: They’ll be on the owners’ side and won’t let the rest of the help steal ’em blind.