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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
Nance proposed bringing the story of rampant fraud to a handpicked journalist, who would interview a suspect cooperating with police, a retailer and someone whose identity had been stolen for the scam.
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The Worcester Telegram and Gazette initially reported the shoplifting allegations from court records, which said that Kent had stolen the items using a method called skip-scanning — when a customer avoids ringing in some merchandise during self-checkout.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Officers began the chase after learning of a car that had been stolen out of Colton.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
McMillan’s vehicle appears to have been stolen from Arizona, according to DPS, citing a preliminary investigation.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Every dollar spent in a foreign war was a dollar stolen from a bridge in Steubenville or a school lunch program in Dubuque.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Federal investigators have taken down LeakBase, an online forum known for selling and hosting user information stolen in past data breaches.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
Police report shows boat was stolen A police report from the Monroe County Sheriff’s office obtained by the Herald showed that the boat had been reported stolen by its owner from the Florida Keys.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
According to the police report, the boat's owner said an employee had stolen the vessel.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The Worcester Telegram and Gazette initially reported the shoplifting allegations from court records, which said that Kent had stolen the items using a method called skip-scanning — when a customer avoids ringing in some merchandise during self-checkout.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Officers began the chase after learning of a car that had been stolen out of Colton.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
McMillan’s vehicle appears to have been stolen from Arizona, according to DPS, citing a preliminary investigation.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Every dollar spent in a foreign war was a dollar stolen from a bridge in Steubenville or a school lunch program in Dubuque.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Federal investigators have taken down LeakBase, an online forum known for selling and hosting user information stolen in past data breaches.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
Police report shows boat was stolen A police report from the Monroe County Sheriff’s office obtained by the Herald showed that the boat had been reported stolen by its owner from the Florida Keys.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
According to the police report, the boat's owner said an employee had stolen the vessel.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolen
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In January, it was robbed at gunpoint of what police say was about $100,000 worth of items.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Rodrigues deked Woll and snuck the puck past him for the Panthers’ third goal of the period.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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Svetlana Dali, a mentally ill stowaway who sneaked onto a flight to Paris last year, is back to her plane-hopping ways.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The flick takes place at Gooding’s character’s bachelor party, which gets hijacked once Hart enters the picture.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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In 1970, Mimi was on Trans World Airlines Flight 741 when it got rerouted from Tel Aviv to to Jordan after it was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Iran had, 10 days earlier, fired a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to its attacks, including one that slipped through Israel's sophisticated air defenses and landed in the heart of its capital, Tel Aviv.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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On a frigid day late last month, a Russian attack drone slipped through Ukraine’s air-defense systems and glided into Kyiv’s government district, heading in the direction of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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That was an authentic moment, happening in real time, and it was pilfered from the actual F1 event, which Nelson put into the film.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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As when just standing in the Mingus Quick Stop parking lot and squinting down the street at lifting dust while overhearing from within the most mysterious conversation about missing Little Debbie Honey Buns—not stolen, gradually pilfered, but just missing.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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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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Dip a clean sponge in it and use it to wipe down your fridge, ensuring that all paste and grime has been swiped away.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
27 Feb. 2026
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With Baker-Mazara and Ausar on the bench, Arenas attempted to split defenders before Oregon's Dezdrick Lindsay swiped the ball and threw it into the front court as time expired.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Federal authorities allege that Delgado’s high life was funded by money misappropriated from Goliath’s investors.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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In total, state police found that $85,500 was misappropriated, which included the missing $4,000 from the PAL account, the warrant affidavit said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Stolen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolen. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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