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as in robbed
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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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 stolen
Maia’s horrified to realize that the bag was stolen; Tallulah’s mostly just annoyed she got caught.
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Knapton’s garage had been broken into twice before, with dirt-bikes stolen, Lustig said.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Big picture, a lot of the data and analytics has stolen the game away from us.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Items reported stolen include credit cards, cash, electronics and camera equipment, according to a police bulletin.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Items stolen include high-value jewelry, luxury watches and cash.
—Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
This includes the land on the shores of the Narta Lagoon that Subashi and his fellow villagers say were stolen from them.
—Lindita Cela, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Both were stolen in the pursuit to rebrand cowboy culture as White, the documentary argues.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Skilled crews have stolen treasure worth millions Just hours after the infamous Louvre heist, another French museum was robbed of 2,000 silver and gold coins worth more than $100,000.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Knapton’s garage had been broken into twice before, with dirt-bikes stolen, Lustig said.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Big picture, a lot of the data and analytics has stolen the game away from us.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Items reported stolen include credit cards, cash, electronics and camera equipment, according to a police bulletin.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Items stolen include high-value jewelry, luxury watches and cash.
—Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
This includes the land on the shores of the Narta Lagoon that Subashi and his fellow villagers say were stolen from them.
—Lindita Cela, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Both were stolen in the pursuit to rebrand cowboy culture as White, the documentary argues.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Skilled crews have stolen treasure worth millions Just hours after the infamous Louvre heist, another French museum was robbed of 2,000 silver and gold coins worth more than $100,000.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolen
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An 88-year-old Seattle woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a man violently assaulted and robbed her, biting off her finger and stealing her jewelry, police say.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Cases in which Black people were scammed, robbed, or even killed evaporated in court because of the testimony law.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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After a 2-2 tie at the end of regulation, Marquette took a 3-2 lead in the sixth minute of the second overtime when Kahn somehow snuck a shot from about 40 yards under the crossbar.—
Jim Hoehn,
Twin Cities,
6 Nov. 2025
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Brissett and the Cardinals responded immediately, marching 74 yards in 11 plays before Brissett snuck one across at the goal line.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Surfing soon dominated my Internet searches, hijacked my REM cycles, inspired a move to California, and spurred a new approach to travel.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The overthinking loop, the freezing, the feeling young and overwhelmed—that's her prefrontal cortex getting hijacked by limbic system activation.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The conference comes at a time when the impacts of climate change have become increasingly clear — even as the issue has slipped down the immediate geopolitical agenda.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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With three rounds remaining this season, Ferrari has slipped to fourth in the standings, 36 points behind Mercedes and 4 points behind Red Bull.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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This is not the first time public art has been pilfered in San Jose.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Every detail is pilfered from the lives of people around me, or from my own.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Your duty to intervene increases with the value of the object and the likelihood it will be purloined.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, a statue of a warrior riding a horse that symbolizes the sister city relationship between San Jose and Pune, India, was swiped from Guadalupe River Park.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been under glass since the 1950s, but not so in 1911, when Vincenzo Perrugia, a former museum staffer, hid in a cupboard overnight, then swiped what is now the world’s most famous painting and walked out with it under his coat.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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In early August, for example, NABU and SAPO exposed a criminal group of political, military, and business figures that had misappropriated funds allocated by local authorities for the purchase of drones and electronic warfare systems.—
DARIA KALENIUK,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Sep. 2025
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She is also accused of misappropriated the victim’s money at least 45 times from June 2021 through November 2022, Gerace added.—
Fox19 staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Stolen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolen. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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