The action of seizing or taking away by stealth; stealing, theft. by surreption: by stealth, stealthily (cf. surreption, n.2). Now rare or Obsolete.

Furtive or light-fingered carrying off; stealing. (Sometimes associated with sleight of hand or jugglery: see sense 11b.)

The action of removing or withdrawing something surreptitiously or illegally. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

The action of getting surreptitiously.

The action of taking something away unlawfully or dishonestly; stealing, theft; embezzlement. Also: an instance of this.

transferred. The action of graze, v.1 2c 2d colloquial (originally U.S.).