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stole (from)

verb

Definition of stole (from)

past tense 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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But Garrett Mitchell tracked it down, leaped at the wall, and robbed Machado on the warning track.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
What about the impact on other clubs and fans, who were potentially robbed of titles, trophies, money, parades, memories?

— Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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