Hurtar in english
Steal
pronunciation: stil part of speech: verb
pronunciation: stil part of speech: verb
In gestures
hurtar = purloin ; thieve ; pilfer ; filch ; heist ; rifle.
Example: Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.Example: But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.Example: In his work, Al pilfers fragments from a wide array of sources and glues them into collages.Example: Even in poems written directly out of his own experience, he is likely to use notions, phrases, and musical ideas filched from other recent poems.Example: This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.Example: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.more:
» hurtar carteras = pickpocket .
Example: Police targeted North African gangs suspected of pickpocketing, mugging and drug offenses.» hurtar en una tienda = shoplift .
Example: He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.» persona que hurta en tiendas = shoplifter .
Example: This article outlines the best practices for spotting, stopping and legally detaining a shoplifter.