Electors have never been stolen outright by a Chicago mayor or Texas precinct captain - as popular votes have been.

The prize in many current films is someone else's peace of mind, whether it is co-opted through delicate treachery or stolen outright by a brazen impersonator.

These funds were stolen outright.

A respect for property rights is essential, but small-business owners are regularly strong-armed into selling out, or have their companies stolen outright.

The brilliant precision that has long been San Antonio's trademark was stolen outright by the Pistons.

Whole provinces stolen outright, transferred to China.

Burr also said "There are also a few gags stolen outright from Tati", but concluded "Somewhere, Jacques Tati is smiling."

He had never heard of anything truly manmade other than the Citadel, only of things fashioned from mechcraft or stolen outright.

After a 21-month investigation resulting from residents' complaints, the commission said it found that: "Substantial sums of taxpayer money have been wasted, or stolen outright.

Now it was a shabby little place, cobblestones cracked and broken where they hadn't been stolen outright.