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thieved

verb

past tense of thieve
as in stole
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep someone's been thieving my cookies!

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  1. stole
  2. swiped
Verb
  • Thieves stole six bronze sculptures by Peter Gehring valued at over €100,000 ($114,000) from the garden of a museum near Munich.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, a 24-year-old man allegedly stole a Cessna 172 from an airport in Hungary while intoxicated and flew toward the area of the country’s only nuclear power plant.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of stole
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  • To finish off Russell’s eye makeup, Turnbow swiped on Armani’s Vertigo Lift Lengthening Mascara, which created defined, long lashes that contrasted beautifully against the smoky brown shadows.
    — Anna Traver, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026
  • State investigators say thieves have been using sophisticated skimming devices all across Philadelphia to steal EBT card information once it's been swiped.
    — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of swiped
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