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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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In October 2025, jewelry worth $102 million was robbed from the Louvre in Paris.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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