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sto·len

(stō′lən)

Past participle of steal.

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stolen

(ˈstəʊlən)

the past participle of steal

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steal

(stil)

v. stole, sto•len, steal•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. 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: He stole my girlfriend.

4. to move, bring, convey, or put secretly or quietly; smuggle: She stole the dog upstairs at bedtime.

5. Baseball. (of a base runner) to reach (a base) safely by running while the ball is being pitched to the player at bat.

v.i.

6. to commit or practice theft.

7. to move, go, or come secretly, quietly, or unobserved: to steal out of a room.

8. to pass, happen, etc., imperceptibly, gently, or gradually: The years steal by.

9. Baseball. (of a base runner) to advance a base by running to it while the ball is being pitched to the player at bat.

10. an act of stealing; theft.

11. the thing stolen.

12. something acquired at a cost far below its real value; bargain.

13. Baseball. the act of advancing a base by stealing.

Idioms:

1. steal a march on, to gain an advantage over, as by stealth.

2. steal someone's thunder,

a. to accept credit for another's work.

b. to detract from another's achievement by some action that anticipates or overshadows it.

3. steal the show,

a. to usurp the credit for something.

b. to be more outstanding than anyone or anything else.

[before 900; Middle English stelen, Old English stelan, c. Old Frisian, Old Norse stela, Old High German stelan, Gothic stilan]

steal′a•ble, adj.

steal′er, n.

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stolen

adjective hot (slang), bent (slang), knockoff (informal), hooky (slang), off the back of a lorry (Brit. informal) dealing in stolen goods

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Translations

rubato

stolen

[ˈstəʊlən]

A. PP of steal

B. ADJ

1. (lit) → robado
stolen goods → artículos mpl robados
stolen property → bienes mpl robados
see also dealer

2. (fig) [moment, pleasures, kisses] → robado

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stolen

[ˈstəʊl^ən]

pp of steal

adj → volé(e)

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stolen

ptp of steal

adj → gestohlen; pleasures → heimlich; stolen goods → gestohlene Waren pl, → Diebesgut nt; to receive stolen goods → Hehler m → sein; he was charged with receiving stolen goods → er wurde wegen Hehlerei angeklagt or der Hehlerei bezichtigt

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The contraband and stolen property was piled in assorted heaps on the back veranda of the bungalow.

To the cooks and boats'-crews of every vessel that had dropped anchor off Berande in the past several years were ascribed the arrival of scores of the stolen articles and of the major portion of the ammunition.

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When he had doctored people awhile, but not long, a rich and great lord had some money stolen. Then he was told about Doctor Knowall who lived in such and such a village, and must know what had become of the money.

When therefore he went out, all four of them confessed to him that they had stolen the money, and said that they would willingly restore it and give him a heavy sum into the bargain, if he would not denounce them, for if he did they would be hanged.

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Now this Battus used to live on the top of the rock and when he heard the voice of the heifers as they were being driven past, he came out from his own place, and knew that the cattle were stolen. So he asked for a reward to tell no one about them.

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Finn the Red-Handed had stolen a skillet and a quan- tity of half-cured leaf tobacco, and had also brought a few corn-cobs to make pipes with.

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LOST OR STOLEN. A piece of brown hair about three inches long and one inch thick.

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But the state lieth in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it saith it lieth; and whatever it hath it hath stolen.

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After I had stolen the Magnet from her, only one young man continued to love the girl, and she married him and regained her happiness."

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We are not informed whether the horses were stolen through the instigation and management of Rose; it is not improbable, for such was the perfidy he had intended to practice on a former occasion toward Mr.

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As, for instance, the Sunday when Nelson and French Frank and Captain Spink stole the stolen salmon boat from Whisky Bob and Nicky the Greek.

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I thought of course I had lost it in the heat of the struggle, but it was stolen."