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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get hurt/broken/stolen etc
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You might get hurt if you stand there.
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Mind the camera doesn’t get broken.
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My dad got killed in a car crash.
handling stolen goods
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Bennet was charged with handling stolen goods .
stolen goods
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The police charged him with handling stolen goods.
stolen items
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The police have recovered most of the stolen items.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have sth stolen/broken/taken etc
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
car
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Read in studio Fifteen people have been arrested at a joyriding display with stolen cars in Oxford.
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Yesterday it was not clear if police lost contact with the stolen car during the chase.
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The two gunmen triggered a massive search when they fled in a stolen car and opened fire on pursuing officers.
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Perhaps touts spend their free time mugging old ladies and fencing stolen cars .
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The stolen car is a write off.
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Voice over Three stolen cars were used in the raids.
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It's not known if the patrol which spotted the stolen car was part of this operation.
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Much of the £25,000 of equipment taken in the raid was recovered from the stolen car .
cattle
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One result was the virtual end of the traffic in stolen cattle between the Southern and Western Provinces.
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As the possession of documentation for stolen cattle became important, thieves began to turn stolen animals in as strays.
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Thieves could evade an efficient system by taking stolen cattle to another district for sale.
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Its leaders were local magnates who co-operated with each other by exchanging and transporting stolen cattle .
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The expansion of the market economy in the nineteenth century at first stimulated the crime by providing markets for stolen cattle .
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Former headmen were known to be important organizers of the illicit trade in stolen cattle .
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For three months cattle stealing in Matara declined sharply, and stolen cattle were returned to their owners or set free.
goods
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It means that when we find stolen goods , we can automatically reunite them with their owners.
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It seemed that he acted as a receiver of stolen goods ....
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Jacqueline MacPherson faced a charge of handling stolen goods .
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Rootham, of Tower Green, Middlesbrough, also admitted theft and handling stolen goods .
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Nevertheless, the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse.
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At Teesside Crown Court yesterday, Francis, 36, admitted handling stolen goods .
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We see him move slowly through the ranks, from fencing stolen goods to torching ailing business interests.
property
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The thief was caught and given a two year prison sentence but the stolen property was not recovered.
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Dodman was driving a van found to be loaded with the stolen property .
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Miss Nazir warned them to get rid of the stolen property and then went to alert her sister.
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They purported to be shady jewellers willing to buy in stolen property .
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The charges included racketeering, conspiracy, bank fraud, securities fraud, misapplication of funds and interstate transportation of stolen property .
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The conversations between Gary and Aggi and the various vendors of stolen property were recorded.
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Instead, they allowed offenders such as these two appellants to return again and again with further stolen property .
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He says the M40 has made it easier for criminals to escape with stolen property .
vehicle
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There are 16 stolen vehicles still unfound.
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Anyone with any information about stolen vehicles or any other suspicious incidents around the town should contact Darlington police on Darlington.
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Officers make regular inspections to check for stolen vehicles .
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Crash probe: Bishop Auckland police are investigating a crash on Seymour Street involving a stolen vehicle .
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The car thieves jumped out and escaped on foot as the stolen vehicle ran into the house.
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The high-speed chase began after police spotted the gang with the stolen vehicles at the M1 Woodhall Services near Sheffield.
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When the head-on crash occurred, the nearest police car was a quarter-of-a-mile behind the stolen vehicle .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The antiques he was selling turned out to be stolen .
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Thieves can sell stolen passports for a lot of money.
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Wilson was convicted of theft and handling stolen goods.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the possession of documentation for stolen cattle became important, thieves began to turn stolen animals in as strays.
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Crash probe: Bishop Auckland police are investigating a crash on Seymour Street involving a stolen vehicle.
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It was 1am when Sergeant Alan King spotted Vernage unloading stolen gear into a house.
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Leonardo forges a love letter from Emilia, and bribes a servant to deliver it to Eustathius along with Emilia's stolen glove.
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Police searching the plaintiff's premises for stolen goods seized goods which they mistakenly thought to be stolen.
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Standing before the coffin, with seven stolen snowdrops in his hands, he flushed with shame.
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They grabbed trays of rings and brooches before escaping in a stolen car.
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Those three stolen sheets from Donald's prescription pad.