Collocations for "stolen"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stolen" in context.
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steal
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- steal [money, food, a TV, someone else's property]
- (somebody) stole my [wallet, purse, car]
- my [wallet] was stolen
- stole my [idea, concept]
- stole my password
- steal information [about, from]
- steal from [him, the store, a stranger]
- steal for [the poor, your children]
- are stealing our jobs
- steal his identity
- his identity was stolen
- steal the election
- steal and [sell, cheat, destroy]
- [accused, found guilty, convicted] of stealing
- [arrested, imprisoned, jailed] for stealing
- steal his thunder
- stole the show
- steal a glance at her
- (trying to) steal a kiss
- stole my heart
- stole my [opportunity, chance] to
- stole [her, my boyfriend] from me
- steal [second, third] base
- steal through the [night, shadows]
- stole away (in the night)
- the [team, player] made five steals
- the [quarterback, visiting team] suffered [four] steals
- got the [shoes, cell phone, car, antique] at a steal
- at [$10], it's [a, an absolute] steal!
- the [song, quote, line] is a steal (from)
'stolen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
artwork
- bicycle
- cap
- card
- case
- childhood
- crate
- detection
- fence
- gem
- good
- handle
- handset
- haul
- heist
- identity
- item
- janitor
- jewel
- jewelry
- judge
- kitty
- laptop
- locker
- loot
- lost
- net
- owner
- palm
- passport
- plate
- possession
- prank
- purse
- recover
- recovery
- retrieval
- robbery
- seize
- selling
- showcase
- somebody
- stash
- steal
- supposedly
- trade
- truck
- valuables
- victim
- wallet