Other words for stealing something valuable—for example, a watch: “Yesterday somebody ________ my watch.”
| SWIPED | 7 |
| STOLE | 5 |
| LIFTED | 3 |
| FILCHED | 2 |
| NICKED | 2 |
| TOOK | 2 |
| GANKED | 1 |
| LOOTED | 1 |
| NABBED | 1 |
| SWIPPED | 1 |
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