as in robbed
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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The pandemic robbed the 2022 Games in Beijing of their luster.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Wiser heads, though, can see that the fraud also robbed funds from those who needed them the most and that rooting out fraud should not be a partisan issue.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Stole (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stole%20%28from%29. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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