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stolen Definition

stolen (stō′lən)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

steal

stolen Synonyms

stolen

modif.

taken, kept, bagged, robbed, filched, purloined, appropriated, impressed, lifted, diverted, abducted, kidnapped, hijacked, shanghaied, spirited away, run off with, poached, sacked, cheated, rifled, plagiarized, embezzled, misappropriated, pinched*, swiped*, ripped off*; see also captured 1.

stolen Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • artifact: They want Ramon to keep an eye on the black market in stolen artifacts.
  • antiquity: He also forbade anyone from buying or selling stolen Iraqi antiquities.
  • presidency: International news and analysis Mexican presidential election: Another stolen presidency?
  • vehicle: Q What powers do the police have to remove stolen vehicles from where they find them?
  • jewel: An old hat and a Christmas goose are the only clues to a stolen jewel.
  • motorbike: It is possible a silver BMW was used to transport the stolen motorbike.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: As I said in a previous entry, my credit card got stolen ( okay, that wasn't terribly funny ).
stolen Quotes

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

—Halifax, George Savile, 1st Marquis of

Today the revolution has been stolen by the revisionist clique of Deng.

—Jiang Qing or  Chiang Ch'ing

Stolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, stolen, be your apples.

—Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

—Bible (Old Testament)

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong For such despite they cast on female wits; If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll say it's stolen, or else, it was by chance.

—Bradstreet, Anne ne¤  e Dudley