A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
Ghost imaging.
The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
The act of stealing.
A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price.
A stolen base.
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
To borrow for a short moment.
To dispossess
To convey (something) clandestinely.
To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
To acquire at a low price.
To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
To move silently or secretly.
take, plagiarize, tell on a joke, use a well-worded expression in one's own parlance or writing
To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.