'stealing concept' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an idea or concept that was taken from one person or group and used without permission by another person or group. For example, "The designing company was accused of stealing the concept from its competitor."
And they're stealing concepts from the world of high finance to make it work.
or is joseph khan stealing concepts again?
Being inspired by someone else's idea to produce something new and different IS creative work, and it may even revolutionalize [sic] the "stolen" concept.
A1 'Survivor' Creators Sue Fox The creators of the hit show "Survivor" and the show's network, CBS, have filed lawsuits accusing the Fox network and the creators of "Boot Camp" of stealing the concept behind the show from "Survivor".
In the latest of a growing number of suits involving reality television shows, the creators of the hit show "Survivor" and the show's network, CBS, have accused the Fox network and the creators of "Boot Camp" of stealing the concept behind the show from "Survivor".
Asked if he was worried about copycats stealing the concept at the time – Houston responds, "It is easy for me to explain the idea, it is actually really hard to do it".
As a follow-up its Frankfurt motor show-stealing Concept S-Class Coupé, the German automaker presented something decidedly more outlandish – and arresting – at the Los Angeles show on 20 November.
"Freud stole the concept from an English anthropologist named Ernest Crawley.
A second accusation -- that Cinar stole the concept for one of its animated series -- is under investigation by the Montreal city police.
Here's betting that a Steve Jobs character comes along and steals the concept and turns into the next Google; history often does repeat itself.
Ready-made words and phrases (to steal another concept from Orwell) do the opposite, keeping us at a distance rather than drawing us closer in.
