1
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
According to Center Line police, at least four air conditioning units from a neighborhood were stolen late last week, and investigators say similar thefts have occurred in Warren as well.
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Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Lagaʻaia's Moana voyages past the reef of her isolated island Motunui on a quest to restore the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, stolen by Johnson's rascally demigod.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Some of their belongings were stolen, police said.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
The Fort Worth Police Department has put out a public assistance request to find victims of a robber who is believed to have stolen more than 10 phones since early June.
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Mary Ella Hastings
june 25,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
The distillery gained some unwanted attention when a truckload of this whiskey was stolen last summer, but thankfully there were still enough bottles left for consumers to purchase.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
Desdemona loses it, or it’s stolen from her.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Lagaʻaia's Moana voyages past the reef of her isolated island Motunui on a quest to restore the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, stolen by Johnson's rascally demigod.
—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Some of their belongings were stolen, police said.
—
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The Fort Worth Police Department has put out a public assistance request to find victims of a robber who is believed to have stolen more than 10 phones since early June.
—
Mary Ella Hastings
june 25,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
The distillery gained some unwanted attention when a truckload of this whiskey was stolen last summer, but thankfully there were still enough bottles left for consumers to purchase.
—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
Desdemona loses it, or it’s stolen from her.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolen
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Phillies starter Zack Wheeler dominated — with help from center fielder Derek Hill, whose jaw-dropping catch robbed Juan Soto of a home run — to spoil interim manager Andy Green’s in-dugout Mets debut.
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Then came the Covid-19 pandemic, which robbed the world of connection and never fully gave it back.
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After Tyler Soderstrom drew a walk, the A’s Jonah Heim snuck an opposite-field single past the outstretched dive of third baseman Matt Chapman.
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Julia snuck some matchstick carrots into the potato mixture, then blew my socks off with a punchy, springy topping of feta, mint, dill, and chives.
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Each protects the others from being hijacked.
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America250’s state partner, Pennsylvania 250, the mayor told me, had been similarly hijacked by Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration.
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The survey doesn’t explain why satisfaction has slipped since then, but a 73 is well below the fast food average of 79.
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Salih Ozcan kicked a long cross to Can Uzun got the ball in space on the back post slipped it under sprawling goalkeeper Matt Turner to Ayhan.
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In the 10th minute, Neil El Aynaoui pilfered the ball from Ryan Christie, then nearly capitalized on the ensuing counterattack, finding free space in front of an open net but overrunning Azzedine Ounahi’s cross.
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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?
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Many people are too embarrassed to report they’ve been filched.
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Your duty to intervene increases with the value of the object and the likelihood it will be purloined.
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The bear swiped at him, causing superficial injuries to his face and chest, and he was taken to a hospital for treatment and released, SBCoFD said.
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But a two-out walk in the second came back to bite him after Matt McClain swiped second base and scored on Tyler Stephenson’s single to center.
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“Stolen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolen. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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