User blog:Rayleigh92/Steal the fruit

Do you think it's possible to steal a devil fruit ability without the user is died?

I thought this almost a years ago, when we discovered Kuzan resigned by marines and I guessed if the marines would deprive him of his strong power and keep it for them.

Now, I think, it's possible the Black Beard Pirates know a way to steal the ability of its user without kill him??