make off with
Example Sentences
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But when they opened the door to try to make off with the car, his private security—an armed former New York City police officer—was sitting in the front seat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Leave it to 2025 for thieves to make off with a memorial to L.A.’s mother tree.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
“It was about jewelry, so it’s a bit different,” said Ms. Carlier, who will be showing medieval and Renaissance works, ones that are harder to make off with.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
When villagers put out daily religious offerings of food on their terraces, the monkeys jump down and make off with them.
From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2021
Perhaps “the boodle” also included the $10,000 that Burt had tried to make off with.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
