If you are last to act and all players have checked to you, betting to simply limit the number of players or take the pot is called a steal-raise.
Don't use this exclusively, as better players will be onto you quickly and begin check-raising against your (most likely) poor hand.
It is good to use a steal raise when you have an excellent drawing hand such as a nut flush draw. Players will tend to "check to the raiser". If you draw to your hand, you now have a larger pot to win. If you don't, you can always check, and hope the fifth card makes your hand.
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