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
This reduces the chance of your information being stolen if the store is compromised.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
More than 1,000 items and historical artifacts have been stolen in an early morning heist from a California museum's off-site collection, according to police.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 31 Oct. 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
Eisenberg says the upcoming heist flick's entire cast has been fielding questions about the crime, in which multiple royal jewels were stolen from the renowned Parisian museum in broad daylight.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The jewels stolen from the Louvre, however, were not privately insured.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
More than 1,000 objects have been stolen from the Oakland Museum of California.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
It also can't be stolen in cyberattacks.
—Ray Dalio, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
As for what was stolen from the iconic museum?
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
More than 1,000 items and historical artifacts have been stolen in an early morning heist from a California museum's off-site collection, according to police.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 31 Oct. 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
Eisenberg says the upcoming heist flick's entire cast has been fielding questions about the crime, in which multiple royal jewels were stolen from the renowned Parisian museum in broad daylight.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The jewels stolen from the Louvre, however, were not privately insured.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
More than 1,000 objects have been stolen from the Oakland Museum of California.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
It also can't be stolen in cyberattacks.
—Ray Dalio, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
As for what was stolen from the iconic museum?
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolen
Verb
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Illinois children should not be robbed of their innocence.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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At least four other French museums have been robbed in the last two months, according to media reports.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On the other hand, 14 different teams — including one who barely snuck into the preseason top-25 — received at least one Final Four nod.—
The Athletic College Basketball Staff,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Then the third-year tailback snuck to the right and made the wide open grab in the flat.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Things took a comic turn as the Unitree G1 slipped while walking over food bits.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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They can be slipped on hoop earrings and two different types of chains.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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 10 Nov. 2025.
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