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

Baffled residents, who don’t know whether their data have been stolen or compromised, have been trying their best to fill in the blanks. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Police in Italy and Brazil have recovered nearly a dozen paintings stolen over the last year. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The year it was stolen the piece was appraised at between $35,000 and $50,000, DeLind said. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

The ministry denied at the time that any information had actually been stolen, but the encryption was serious enough, and government security teams were working to recover the data. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

Duluth police previously reported six of their nine cameras had been stolen or damaged since June. — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2026

Security here is also paramount – one of the trumpets was stolen from its previous home in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 uprising. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

In total, 108 revolvers, 124 semi- and fully-automatic weapons, and 199 rifles and shotguns were returned to police, some of which were stolen. — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

In the epic fantasy world of Orïsha, a young woman goes on a quest to reclaim the magic that was violently stolen from her people. — Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026