Synonyms of stolen

stolen

verb

past participle of steal

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robbed
• hijacked
• pilfered
• filched
• purloined
• swiped
• misappropriated
• appropriated
• looted
• lifted
• nicked
• pocketed
• thieved
• ripped off
• pinched
• seized
• hooked
• heisted
• burglarized
• kidnapped
• snitched
• nipped
• plundered
• made away with
• boosted
• made off with
• ran off with
• pillaged
• walked off with
• snatched
• grabbed
• taken
• sacked
• picked
• knocked over
• abducted
• rifled
• poached
• carjacked
• shoplifted
• rustled
• grasped
• nailed
• collared
• spirited
• sponged
• mooched
• shanghaied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• given
• presented
• contributed
• donated
• bestowed
• handed over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sneaked
• slipped
• slid
• crawled
• tiptoed
• slunk
• snaked
• lurked
• skulked
• shirked
• mooched
• moused
• pussyfooted
• crept
• edged
• padded
• inched
• wormed
• ghosted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stolen

Electrical systems were stripped of copper wiring from multiple panels, and about 5,000 feet of copper wire was believed to have been stolen from the campus. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Brand has since helped recover a Pieter Brueghel masterpiece stolen in Poland in the 1970s and a painting looted from a Jewish family by the Nazi Hermann Göring, among other things. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Spanish police have recovered three religious artworks stolen from churches in Valladolid over the summer, bringing the case one step closer to a miraculously happy ending. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Your data does not have to be stolen for your trust to be violated. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Was customer data stolen in the grocery cybersecurity incident? — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Other top concerns included politicians interfering with the election and mail-in ballots getting lost, stolen or delayed. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

The heist, which is follows behind a series of robberies at wineries in Italy as of late, is even more shocking when considering the prestige of Marchesi Antinori—and the amount of wine that was stolen. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

The spare tire had been stolen, and a window was busted open. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026