Stolen
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Something which has been stolen. Multicultural-London-English, US
"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."
- 1 past participle of steal form-of, participle, past
- 1 That has been stolen. not-comparable
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More examples"I had my purse and commutation ticket stolen while I was sleeping on the train."
Etymology
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”).