stolen (from)

verb

Definition of stolen (from)next
past participle of steal (from)
as in robbed
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolen (from)
  1. robbed
  2. knocked over
  3. ripped off
  4. sacked
  5. taken off
  6. knocked off
  7. looted
  8. plundered
Verb
  • In October 2025, jewelry worth $102 million was robbed from the Louvre in Paris.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of robbed
Verb
  • Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Video from the scene showed one car flipped on its side with debris scattered across the sidewalk and a trash can knocked over.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked over
Verb
  • The Club taught Gen X and millennial kids how to feel ripped off — the ultimate punk lesson.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In Adams County, the tornado had ripped off a sizeable portion of a barn's roof and carried it southeast for 200 yards, into a crop field.
    — Jane Park, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of ripped off
Verb
  • Come the end of the season, Frank had been sacked and Tottenham only just stayed up.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Jayhawks trailed by six and got the ball at their 11 with 17 seconds left, but Missouri sealed the 36-28 victory with a safety when Lorenzo Williams sacked Reesing in the end zone.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of sacked
Verb
  • Similar measures have taken off in roughly a dozen others, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The peregrine falcon, the world’s fastest bird once pushed to the brink of extinction in the United States, has recovered enough to be taken off the endangered species list.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of taken off
Verb
  • The Vols are Arlington ISD’s undisputed top team until they’re knocked off their pedestal.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The man was knocked off his scooter, and one of the pellets nearly hit his left eye, police said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked off
Verb
  • Police say the home was looted of items that included artwork, jewelry, electronics and business documents.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Russian forces have routinely looted Ukrainian cultural objects during the course of the war, which has been going on for over four years.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of looted
Verb
  • The class-action deal covers relatives of people who donated bodies between January 2018 and March 2023, amid uncertainty over which cadavers Lodge plundered before cremation or return to families.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a manual telescope.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of plundered
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