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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
In 2003, the eccentric financier reported to police that thousands of dollars in cash and a gun were stolen from his mansion on El Brillo Way, a dead-end street that ended on the Intracoastal Waterway.
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Every day, there are news reports of hundreds of people rioting in cities across our country — windows being smashed, merchandise stolen, police vehicles damaged and people being attacked and injured.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
In that attack, the woman’s phone was stolen.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The sheriff's office says that on the morning of May 28, authorities received a call that a U-Haul truck reported stolen the day before was spotted in Clinton Township by a Flock camera.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 3 June 2026
In 2019, it was stolen from Blenheim Palace in England — the birthplace of Winston Churchill — where it was being exhibited.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Liberty police are investigating a break-in at a trading-card store in which investigators said high-end and rare sports cards were stolen early Monday morning.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
According to reports, the dog was allegedly stolen on Monday, May 11, while Guo was on a solo road trip.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Store employees advised that three individuals had stolen merchandise and fled the area in a blue Jeep Grand Cherokee.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Every day, there are news reports of hundreds of people rioting in cities across our country — windows being smashed, merchandise stolen, police vehicles damaged and people being attacked and injured.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
In that attack, the woman’s phone was stolen.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The sheriff's office says that on the morning of May 28, authorities received a call that a U-Haul truck reported stolen the day before was spotted in Clinton Township by a Flock camera.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 3 June 2026
In 2019, it was stolen from Blenheim Palace in England — the birthplace of Winston Churchill — where it was being exhibited.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Liberty police are investigating a break-in at a trading-card store in which investigators said high-end and rare sports cards were stolen early Monday morning.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
According to reports, the dog was allegedly stolen on Monday, May 11, while Guo was on a solo road trip.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Store employees advised that three individuals had stolen merchandise and fled the area in a blue Jeep Grand Cherokee.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolen
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Back in February, just two blocks from where Monday’s victim was attacked, an 88-year-old woman was shoved to the ground and robbed of her cane, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2026
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Investigators said the 15-year-olds robbed Perry of a BB gun.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 June 2026
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Her initial thought was that the neighbor’s cat must have snuck into her yard.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The children couldn’t make calls unmonitored, so Matthew snuck into payphones, a hoodie over his head, to pass information back to the fracturing cult, which still contained a few adult loyalists.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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To stage the season-three premiere of the series formerly known as Interview With the Vampire — now, in character-appropriate fashion, hijacked and renamed The Vampire Lestat — AMC turned the screening into a tour stop for the character played by Sam Reid.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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In firing Pelley on Tuesday, Bilton said the journalist had hijacked the meeting and rejected overtures to work constructively through their differences.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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Oil prices rise, stocks fall over Hormuz deadlock Oil prices rose and stocks slipped on growing signs that the Strait of Hormuz was likely to remain all but shut for the foreseeable future.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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Vaccination rates have slipped, and large, multistate outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases have inevitably come roaring back.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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What is that if not a direct license to keep even more public money pilfered via nonpayment, and a marker that the president and his inner circle are above the law?—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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What is that if not a direct license to keep even more public money pilfered via nonpayment, and a marker that the president and his inner circle are above the law?—
The Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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Many people are too embarrassed to report they’ve been filched.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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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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Separately, the administration swiped $35 million allocated to needy children and drug prevention to pay for efforts to kill that amendment and another legalizing marijuana.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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Pinch runner Tyler Tolbert quickly swiped second.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
6 June 2026
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“Stolen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolen. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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