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steal
verb as in take something without permission
Strongest matches
abduct, divert, embezzle, keep, kidnap, loot, pilfer, plunder, ransack, remove, strip, swipe, take
Strong matches
appropriate, blackmail, burglarize, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, heist, housebreak, lift, misappropriate, peculate, pillage, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, poach, purloin, rifle, sack, shoplift, snitch, swindle, thieve, withdraw
Weak matches
carry off, hold for ransom, hold up, make off with, rip off, run off with, spirit away, stick up, take possession of, walk off with
Example Sentences
Between Adolf Hitler's rise to power on January 30, 1933, and Germany's capitulation on May 8, 1945, hundreds of thousands of cultural goods were stolen, mostly from Jewish owners.
While Alphabet has stolen some of Nvidia’s thunder in the artificial-intelligence conversation lately, the chip giant still seems to have the power to create winners in the stock market.
Kiffin, wearing a plaid top that appeared stolen from the Brady Bunch wardrobe closet, softened the tone of his departing statement, now saying he respected Ole Miss’s decision to exclude him from playoff coaching.
He looks an absolute steal and you start to wonder how Sunderland sold him on the venture.
The artefacts are said to include a sculpture of a saint's head stolen from Malbork castle, a royal residence in northern Poland.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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