stolen
Example Sentences
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Police are still assessing exactly how many items were stolen in the raid, which took place in the early hours of Friday morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company, a hospital operator and health-services provider based in Houston, Texas, said on Monday that private and confidential information was stolen from its servers, without saying how much, what kind or when.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Over three hundred bags containing 400,000 oysters were stolen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the ancient world, plagiarism was viewed quite negatively: The word “plagiarism” actually means “kidnapper” in Latin, and the Roman poet Horace described literary theft like a crow making itself beautiful with stolen feathers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
One clairvoyant said the painting had been stolen by a birdman—a person with a neck like an ostrich and hair like feathers.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
