Word: stoled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stole just about everything portable, including fire-hose nozzles. ¶Hacked off metal and plastic name plates identifying equipment. ¶Tried to pry up the metal plaque on the veranda deck marking the spot where the Japs' surrender was signed. ¶Scribbled "compositions" and scratched their initials on newly painted bulkheads. ¶Scarred the hard enamel of the 16-in. guns so badly that the muzzles had to be raised out of reach. ¶Set off the general alarm, which sent the cursing crew dashing to battle stations...
Even when they learned that there was plenty of food at the monastery, the children stole it from the table; they explained that they couldn't help it. Some still steal. Others who have broken themselves of the habit leave the dining room proudly with their open hands held ostentatiously out from their sides...
Gone with the Wine. In Syracuse, N.Y., a thief smashed the window of a liquor store, stole one bottle, next night smashed the new plate glass, put the bottle back, empty...
Minor actors repeatedly stole the show. New York's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia did it by raising a hand and commanding, "Come out, sun," when a cloud put the City Hall square in shade. The cloud passed. The sun came out, and the crowd almost killed itself laughing. Crowds along the streets politely applauded the Admiral. But they squealed at the sight of Marine Ace Gregory ("Pappy") Boyington, giggled and waved as a 17-year-old marine winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor bawled from a jeep: "Come and kiss me, girls...
Perfectionist. In Honolulu, a thief who stole a pair of shoes from the Bata Shoe Store returned next day to exchange them for a pair the right size...