- past participle of steal.
stolen
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Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10.4 million which were stolen from an Italian museum in March have been recovered, police said Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Russian-speaking group, which in the past has been linked to cyberattacks against Progress Software, British Airways and others, said in online posts it has now stolen data from 50 companies worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mikawa, who now lives in London with her partner, said the stolen trumpet was one of the only items to survive when her family lost everything in the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Thousands of North Korean operatives are using fake and stolen identities to land remote jobs at U.S. companies—and help fund Kim Jong Un’s regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Apollinaire told the newspaper he’d seen its photograph of Pieret’s statue and was shocked—shocked—to realize that his ancient heads might also have been stolen from the Louvre.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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