• to tap the current, to tap the wire
• show me a liar and I'll show you a thief
• plunging siphon, sampling tube
• by stealth, hugger-mugger, stealth, stealthily, surreptitiously
• filch, heist, larcenous action, larceny, nick, pinch, snap, stealing, theft
• to creep, crept, to steal, stole, stolen
• stealthy, surreptitious
• to idle, to idle one's time away, to slack about
• to steal a glance at sy
• beach-comber, gadabout, idler, lounger, skiver, slug