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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  1. robbing
  2. knocking over
  3. ripping off
Verb
  • More than a thousand people across Europe are dead, often as a result of the fact that nighttime temperatures stayed high, robbing bodies of the chance to cope.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • The race ended under a safety car, though, robbing fans of a sprint to the end.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of robbing
Verb
  • Luckily, this deal squashes that qualm by knocking over $300 from the sticker shocker!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • Hotel security believed Zimmerman was intoxicated before his show during soundcheck, reportedly falling and stumbling onstage, throwing microphones, tossing cymbals, knocking over parts of his drum kit, swinging a guitar, and more.
    — Peter Burditt, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Definition of knocking over
Verb
  • The small pockets of Egyptian fans in the stadium went absolutely berserk, jumping and ripping off their shirts as their team went bonkers below them.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • George Lopez and Joe Rogan are among those to accuse Mencia of ripping off their material, with Rogan and Mencia even once getting into a public confrontation over the matter.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
Definition of ripping off
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