apandar

A colloquial Spanish verb meaning to grab or snatch something for oneself, often on the sly, close in spirit to birlar or mangar — commonly used for minor, low-stakes pilfering rather than serious theft (apandar el último trozo de tarta).

• Apandó la última porción de pizza antes de que nadie la viera. — He snagged the last slice of pizza before anyone saw.
• En la oficina alguien apanda los bolígrafos constantemente. — Someone at the office is constantly nabbing the pens.
• Apandaron todos los mejores asientos antes de que llegáramos. — They grabbed all the best seats before we arrived.

Treating apandar as equivalent to robar — it implies a petty, often cheeky act of taking something for yourself, not serious theft, so using it for an actual crime would sound oddly flippant.