STOLEN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STOLEN?

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Associations of "Stolen" (30 Words)

brigand	An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
burglar	A person who commits burglary.
burglary	Illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft. A two year sentence for burglary.
burgle	Enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft. Our house in London has been burgled.
confiscate	Take or seize (someone’s property) with authority. The guards confiscated his camera.
deprive	Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. The Archbishop deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.
despoil	Steal goods; take as spoils. The church was despoiled of its marble wall covering.
filch	Make off with belongings of others. They filched milk off morning doorsteps.
interloper	A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. To her I was always an outsider an interloper.
larceny	Theft of personal property In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.
loot	Steal (goods) in a war, riot, etc. During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners.
pillage	Goods or money obtained illegally. Rebellious peasants intent on pillage.
piracy	A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Software piracy.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. We shall plunder related sciences to assist our research.
rapine	The act of despoiling a country in warfare. Industrial rapine.
recidivist	Relating to recidivists. The third lowest recidivist rate in the country.
rob	Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. Poor health has robbed her of a normal social life.
robber	A person who commits robbery.
robbery	Plundering during riots or in wartime. An armed robbery.
rustler	A person who rounds up and steals cattle, horses, or sheep. Police have so far arrested 649 rustlers countrywide.
shoplift	Steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer. He was spotted shoplifting at the supermarket near his home.
shoplifting	The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting.
theft	The action or crime of stealing. The latest theft happened at a garage.
thief	A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery.
thieve	Be a thief; steal something. The students have been thieving my favourite art books.
thievery	The action of stealing another person’s property. Petty thievery.
transgression	The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. I ll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions.
usurp	Encroach or infringe upon (someone’s rights. The Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.
vagrancy	The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse.
waylay	Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way. He waylaid me on the stairs.