stealing (from)

verb

present participle of steal (from)
as in robbing
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealing (from)
  1. robbing
  2. knocking over
  3. ripping off
Verb
  • Two men were arrested after allegedly robbing someone in Sacramento before fleeing on a bus and later surrendering to police, officials said on Monday.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The collective term lumped these women together, robbing them of individuality, and reducing them to merely decorative fixtures of Premier-league broadcasts while erasing their individual accomplishments.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of robbing
Verb
  • Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Others tripped over the hurdles on the track, knocking over almost every one.
    — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocking over
Verb
  • The Pigeon River tore through her trailer at another mobile home park during Helene, ripping off the siding so passersby could see through her entire house.
    — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time Musk has been accused of ripping off the smaller companies that helped build his business empire.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of ripping off
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