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
  • 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
Definition of robbed
Verb
  • The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of knocked over
Verb
  • For more advice on how to avoid being ripped off, listen to this episode of NPR's Life Kit.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Achane, ripped off a career-best 53-yard run on third-and-5 to set up Riley Patterson’s 27-yard field goal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of ripped off
Verb
  • Von Miller has not just defied his age but seemingly ignored it, and for a long time sacked it.
    — Mac Engel October 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Patrick Mahomes was sacked just twice Sunday during the Chiefs’ 30-27 win over the Raiders, but the official stats show Las Vegas had eight quarterback hits.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of sacked
Verb
  • Lane was injured on a kickoff return in the third quarter and taken off the field on a cart.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • While Microsoft maintains a dominant position in business software through Office, its flagship work AI product hasn’t taken off.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of taken off
Verb
  • The Boston Bruins visit the Minnesota Wild after the Bruins knocked off the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 in overtime.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Then came 910, who had already knocked off Bear 909 and the 132 family on her way to the final.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocked off
Verb
  • One of the Buddhas was looted more than 100 years ago from the Tianlongshan Grottoes, a temple complex in Shanxi Province.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Last year, the museum returned fragments of a silk manuscript from China that dated to more than 2,000 years ago and had been looted from a tomb.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of looted
Verb
  • But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In the sixties, artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Peter Saul had plundered lowbrow visual culture for elemental materials.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of plundered
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