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stolen

SaySTOH-luhn/ˈstoʊ.lən/UK/ˈstəʊ.lən/

Noun pluralstolens

3 meanings of stolen

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past participle of steal. Use this form after have, has, had, or was to talk about taking something that isn't yours.

    Someone has stolen my bike from the front yard.

    Their car was stolen during the night.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Taken away from its owner by theft.

    The police found the stolen bike in a back alley.

    She returned the stolen wallet to the man who lost it.

  3. 3
    noundialectalMulticultural London EnglishUScountable
    A thing that someone has taken by theft.

    He bought a stolen without knowing where it really came from.

    The shop was full of stolens taken in recent break-ins.

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stolen is a form of steal

steal, verb: To take something that belongs to another person without permission, planning to keep it. Full entry

Forms
stealsteals he/she/itstealing -ing formstole past tensestolen past participle
Spelling
steal → stolen: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

This is the past participle of the verb "steal." It comes from Old English and older Germanic word for stealing.