Definitions for stolen

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stolen sto·len

Spelling: [stoh-luh n]

IPA: /ˈstoʊ lən/

Stolen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in stolen (elnost).

Definitions for stolen

noun

1. Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
2. Informal. the thing stolen; booty.
3. Informal. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain:
4. Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.

verb

1. past participle of steal.

Idioms

1. steal someone's thunder, to appropriate or use another's idea, plan, words, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force:
2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
3. to take, get, or win insidiously, surreptitiously, subtly, or by chance:
4. to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle (usually followed by away, from, in, into, etc.):
5. Baseball. (of a base runner) to gain (a base) without the help of a walk or batted ball, as by running to it during the delivery of a pitch.
6. Games. to gain (a point, advantage, etc.) by strategy, chance, or luck.
7. to gain or seize more than one's share of attention in, as by giving a superior performance:

verb (used without object)

1. to commit or practice theft.
2. to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved:
3. to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually:
4. Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base without the help of a walk or batted ball.

Origin of stolen

before 900; 1860-65 for def 5; Middle English stelen, Old English stelan; cognate with German stehlen, Old Norse stela, Gothic stilan

Examples for stolen

She and her nurse had been stolen from the Ionian coast, by Greek pirates.

Then there were the charges for linking to stolen information which were dropped earlier this year.

Interestingly, The Interview was the one movie that was not stolen and made available online by those who hacked Sony.

Göring, of course, would amass an astounding collection of artwork himself, both purchased and stolen.

If they run off with somebody else, we say they were stolen—as if they are an object or a commodity.

Our pleasures are but the stolen moments we can snatch from its inattention.

"He must have stolen it," muttered Halbert, looking after Robert with disappointment and chagrin.

He's stolen five or six hundred dollars in gold from old Paul Nichols.

I will sign you a blank cheque, which your uncle can fill up with the amount he has stolen.

The prize will not be replaced if lost, mutilated, or stolen.