Object

• limelight: Never ones to steal the limelight ( we jest!

• handbag: Over the last three days there have been three separate incidents in which elderly people have been targeted and their handbags stolen.

• purse: Chris was only yards away and chased after the man who had stolen two purses from Icelandâs canteen.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• away: However, the Birmingham Canal Company were not about to let anybody sneak into their territory and steal away with their coal!

Modifying Another Word

• nearly: He denied stealing nearly £ 2,000 from his local Labor party branch.

Followed by a transitive particle

• away: They say that he and his castle steal away young girl's hearts.

Used with why or when

• whatever: As the play unravels, readers see that Goneril and Regan begin plotting to steal whatever power the king still may have.

Infinitive complement

• feed: The final case involves a youth, 16, who steals to feed his gambling habit.

Preposition: from

• vehicle: A third sat nav worth £ 400 was stolen from a vehicle on Monday in Dover Street.

• car: Thieves like to steal from cars parked in places where they run less risk of being seen.