Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) to hit with a surprise punch.

1997–2001		Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 stole v 1. to hit or punch, usually with one’s hands. (‘He stole me in my jaw!’).
2000		G. Pelecanos Shame the Devil ‘How’d you get marked?’ ‘Got stole in the face in a bar.’.