stolen

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (to steal), equivalent to stole +‎ -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (stolen), Saterland Frisian stäälen (stolen), West Frisian stellen (stolen), Dutch gestolen (stolen), German Low German stohlen (stolen), German gestohlen (stolen), Swedish stulen (stolen).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstəʊlən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊlən

Verb

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stolen

  1. past participle of steal

Adjective

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stolen (not comparable)

  1. That has been stolen.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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stolen (plural stolens)

  1. (US, MTE, MLE) Something which has been stolen.
    • 2015 July 19, “Other Lives”, in True Detective[1], season 2, episode 5:
      Oh, a few months back, a detective came by with pictures of identical diamonds. Wanted to know if anybody had come around maybe trying to sell them. I told him I read the pawn sheets regular and I haven't seen them listed. He tells me they don't want the stolens on any sheets.
    • 2018 February 17, “Plugged In Freestyle”, Fumez the Engineer (music)‎[2]performed by Mitch, 3:36:
      Spinner, shotty, semi
      These shots ain't no Henny
      If this Glock holds twenty
      I make it scream like Dezzie
      Dilemma like Kelly
      Before I had a bar like Peggy
      How many pagans? Many
      Ask my probation...
      She knows it's many, many
      And if I take it there it's edgy
      You see my stolens come with petty
    • 2019 August 28, Yb Tak30ver (lyrics and music), “Island”‎[3], 1:21 :
      A island I wanna live somewhere silent
      I'm shining I'm bout to flood my neck with diamonds
      Yeah I've been spitting facts these niggas lying
      I'm driving stolens, foreigns, yeah I'm riding
    • 2020 March 26, Tunde (lyrics and music), “Mob Ties”‎[4], 1:53:
      The young bulls get the green light, suttin's gettin' sabotaged
      They’ll get it done in a hoopty on the ped or even on the handlebars
      But the main focus is doe bro rest in peace M we're just tryna have it large
      Screaming fuck feds get gwop let me see your battle scars
      We trap in stolens 24's shag whips and rattle cars
    • 2020 July 17, StaySolidRocky (lyrics and music), “Viola” (track 2, 0:21 from the start), in Fallin'[5]:
      Pray for my soldiers that's ridin’ in stolens
    • 2021 August 24, Booter Bee (lyrics and music), “No Point”, 0:38:
      Fill that clip with golden worms
      Grap that dots and fold it first
      (snap!) make sure that the stolen works

Anagrams

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Danish

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Noun

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stolen c

  1. definite singular of stol

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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stolen m

  1. definite singular of stol

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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stolen m

  1. definite singular of stol

Old English

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Participle

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stolen

  1. past participle of stelan

Swedish

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Noun

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stolen

  1. definite singular of stol