stolen
pronunciation
How to pronounce stolen in British English:
UK ['stəʊlən]
How to pronounce stolen in American English:
US [ stolən]
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- Adjective:
- taken dishonestly
Word Origin
- stolen (adj.)
- c. 1300, past participle adjective from steal (v.). Stolen waters are sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Prov. ix:17, KJV]
Example
- 1. Oil thieves sometimes hawk stolen gasoline on the side of highways .
- 2. A growing sideline is stolen oil .
- 3. They used stolen drill bits and a vacuum cleaner motor to drill .
- 4. He had stolen , but he had not really meant to steal .
- 5. In london , aziz found stolen bikes were particularly easy to sell .