stolen

Example Sentences

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But the government’s actions fall short of what experts say is needed to eradicate an illicit industry that has become deeply rooted in Cambodia and has stolen billions of dollars from Americans in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Police said the stolen artefacts had "significant cultural value".

From BBC

I leave it in the common room, which is what you do with things you want stolen.

From Literature

It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.

From Barron's

When stray cat Kanyon's bed was stolen at a shopping mall, residents decided to build him a new home.

From Barron's