stealing (from)

verb

present participle of steal (from)
as in robbing
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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  1. robbing
  2. knocking over
  3. ripping off
Verb
  • Guardado was convicted of robbing and killing a woman in order to buy drugs in 2004.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • To her, romance and courtship isn’t just ambient but invasive, robbing her of friends — both in the sense that men can’t seem to leave things platonic, while women either mock her or shun her in favor of a new date.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbing
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  • Earlier that day, at a different campaign event about 90 miles east in Canfield, a man carrying two handguns, brass knuckles, and a Taser had barreled toward Acton while yelling her name, knocking over an elderly couple in the crowd.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocking over
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  • The basic set-up, for years, was just a comic ripping off a joke and performing it on stage; the infamous mid-2000s Comedy Store stand-off between Joe Rogan and alleged joke thief Carlos Mencia is one of the most famous examples.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • More telling is the Gators generated just six runs of at least 10 yards during back-to-back losses after ripping off 13 of them during two SEC wins.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ripping off
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“Stealing (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealing%20%28from%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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