1
as in swiped
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
the guy who tried to steal my car was sentenced to a year in jail
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2
as in sneaked
to move about in a sly or secret manner
the teenagers were able to steal past a security guard and enter the fairgrounds without paying admission
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Recent Examples of stole
Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit donated almost $200,000 to the church for the materials a grinch stole.
—Dawn White, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Two months ago, a thief stole the control stick from an R train parked under southern Brooklyn — the same section of track where a repeat train thief recklessly threw a train in reverse during a joyride months earlier.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Is Minnie’s stole made of gemelli pasta?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
The nonprofit donated almost $200,000 to the church for the materials a grinch stole.
—Dawn White, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
The standard bearer of elegant style in life and on film, Hepburn had many a sartorial moment in the 1961 film based on Truman Capote’s novella of the same name, but her slinky Givenchy gown stole the show.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
Two months ago, a thief stole the control stick from an R train parked under southern Brooklyn — the same section of track where a repeat train thief recklessly threw a train in reverse during a joyride months earlier.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stole
Noun
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Instead of shrugging on a thin jacket or bundling up with a coat, Jenner draped a chocolate-brown shawl across her chest, wrapping it forward and letting the fabric spill behind her back.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ethel making Carolyn take off her shawl…brutal.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Dip a clean sponge in it and use it to wipe down your fridge, ensuring that all paste and grime has been swiped away.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
27 Feb. 2026
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With Baker-Mazara and Ausar on the bench, Arenas attempted to split defenders before Oregon's Dezdrick Lindsay swiped the ball and threw it into the front court as time expired.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Rodrigues deked Woll and snuck the puck past him for the Panthers’ third goal of the period.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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Svetlana Dali, a mentally ill stowaway who sneaked onto a flight to Paris last year, is back to her plane-hopping ways.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Zhu explained to one group how a wrap that’s thicker in the center and more flexible around the edges can hold more filling while retaining its shape.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Swift wore a simple black wrap wool coat over a black top and black leather knee-high boots.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In January, it was robbed at gunpoint of what police say was about $100,000 worth of items.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Leonard lurked in the background of the All-Star hubbub, leaving his noise on the court as the only routine Ingram could watch.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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Expecting to find traces of the past in the old town of Regensburg, at first, archaeologists believed nothing that exciting lurked here.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Each is about the scale of an oversize piece of clothing, like an apron or a serape, and hangs loosely off the wall, as if having just been tacked up.—
Benjamin Lima,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jon Hart serape tour tote Whataburger's Jon Hart tour tote is stadium compliant in clear plastic, trimmed in all-natural leather and sporting serape webbing handles.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Podziemski scored 19 points, had six assists and grabbed eight rebounds while helping the Warriors bounce back from a loss to New Orleans the night before.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The report stated that Paul Gardella allegedly grabbed a knife from the kitchen and threatened his ex-wife.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Stole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stole. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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