窃取

• 拼音: qiè qǔ
• 汉字拆解: 窃 = 穴 + 米 + 廾 (hiding in a hole to take grain — to steal stealthily); 取 = 耳 + 又 (hand taking an ear as a trophy — to take, to obtain)

含义

To steal; to misappropriate; to obtain something secretly and without authorisation — especially information, power, or intellectual property.

More literary and formal than 偷 (to steal). Often used in political, legal, and espionage contexts: 窃取情报 (steal intelligence), 窃取权力 (usurp power), 窃取商业机密 (steal trade secrets). The connotation of stealth and illegitimacy is strong. Appears in news reporting and official documents.

例句

1. 境外势力企图窃取国家核心技术，相关部门已启动专项调查。
2. 该前员工被指控在离职前窃取了公司大量客户数据，并出售给竞争对手。
3. 特洛伊木马程序悄无声息地在后台运行，持续窃取用户的账号密码与银行信息。

用法指南

语境: law, espionage, cybersecurity

语气: negative

正确说法

• 检察机关指控该名前国防承包商雇员蓄意窃取涉密文件，并通过加密渠道转交境外情报人员，其行为已构成危害国家安全罪。(The procuratorate charged the former defence contractor employee with deliberately stealing classified documents and transferring them to foreign intelligence agents via encrypted channels — conduct that constitutes a crime of endangering national security.)
• 网络安全公司的报告显示，此次攻击事件中黑客利用零日漏洞悄然入侵企业内网，在长达数月内持续窃取研发数据而未被发现。(A cybersecurity company's report revealed that in this attack, hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability to silently infiltrate the company's intranet, continuously stealing R&D data for several months without being detected.)

错误说法

• 她窃取了我的想法 — while 窃取 can describe stealing ideas, in casual conversation it sounds overly formal; say 她抄了我的想法 (she copied my idea) or 她剽窃了我的创意 (she plagiarised my idea) depending on severity

起源与历史

窃 (to steal stealthily — a thief acting covertly) + 取 (to take/obtain)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal