stolen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈstəʊ.ln̩/
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/ˈstəʊ.ln̩/ · /ˈstoʊ.ln̩/

Definition of stolen

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of steal
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of steal

adj

  1. (not-comparable)That has been stolen.

noun

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, US)Something which has been stolen.
    “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.”
    “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”
    “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”
    “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”
    “Pray for my soldiers that's ridin’ in stolens”

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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”).

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