to steal an old lady’s house.
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You need to look in the dictionary for meaning of STEAL.
Offering someone many times what the place is worth is stealing? Maybe in your book, but not in mine.
“Offering someone many times what the place is worth is stealing?”
After they refuse your offer, trying to TAKE the property FORCIBLY without their CONSENT is STEALING. So yes, he tried to STEAL her property.