stolen

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But according to the Met, the number of thefts where phones were stolen fell by 14,000 between June 2025 and May 2026 - down 18% on the previous year.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices, and to enforce measures rendering handsets effectively unusable.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

It takes quite a while to reveal that Daniel has stolen from the evil corporation thumb drives containing classified files about the history of alien encounters, dating back to events in Roswell, N.M., in 1947.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

In June 2024, Russia's Litfond auction house listed in its catalogue a second edition of Pushkin's "The Prisoner of the Caucasus", a book corresponding to a copy stolen from the BnF.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“Unless we know exactly what time the property was stolen, and from what address, an alibi is irrelevant.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood