Stolen Meaning
/ˈstəʊ.ln̩/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbpast participle of steal
adjThat has been stolen.
Sentence Examples
We had a bar of gold stolen.
Some of the money was stolen.
I had my wallet stolen on my way to the office.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The police recovered the ____ painting from the thief's house.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Someone had ____ his bicycle from the front of the library, and he had to walk all the way home.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2015 July 19, “Other Lives”, in True Detective, season 2, episode 5:
"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"
— 2018 February 17, “Plugged In Freestyle”, Fumez the Engineer (music)performed by Mitch, 3:36:
"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"
— 2019 August 28, Yb Tak30ver, “Island”, 1:21:
"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"
— 2020 March 26, Tunde, “Mob Ties”, 1:53:
"Pray for my soldiers that's ridin’ in stolens"
— 2020 July 17, StaySolidRocky, “Viola” (track 2, 0:21 from the start), in Fallin':
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police recovered the ____ painting from the thief's house.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Someone had ____ his bicycle from the front of the library, and he had to walk all the way home.