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steals (from)

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present tense third-person singular of steal (from)

Synonyms of steals (from)

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

Synonyms for steals (from)

burglarizes,
burgles,
knocks off,
knocks over,
rips off,
robs,
takes off
[slang]

Words Related to steals (from)

ransacks,
rifles

despoils,
loots,
pillages,
plunders,
ravishes,
sacks,
spoils,
strips

bleeds,
breaks in,
cheats,
chisels,
cozens,
defrauds,
exploits,
fleeces,
hustles,
mulcts,
plucks,
rooks,
shortchanges,
skins,
squeezes,
sticks,
stings,
swindles

holds up,
mugs,
rolls,
sticks up

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