stolen

[ stoh-luhn ]

verb

1. past participle of steal.

stolen

/ ˈstəʊlən /

verb

1. the past participle of steal

Other Words From

• un·stolen adjective

Example Sentences

A van containing 2,500 pies destined for a Christmas market has been stolen, prompting an appeal from a Michelin-starred chef.

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Tamuna is a journalist and her work has reunited hundreds of families, yet - until now - she couldn’t solve the mystery of her own origins and wondered if she too had been stolen as a child.

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But The Times claims this row relates to more than one mobile phone being stolen or going missing.

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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to a criminal offence relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone she claimed was stolen.

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At 10:35 on Saturday 9 September Khalife was riding a stolen bike on a canal tow path in Northolt, north-west London, when he was arrested by a counter-terrorism detective in plain clothes.

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Related Words

• embezzled
• filched
• hijacked
• lifted
• misappropriated
• pinched
• poached
• purloined
• robbed
• snatched
• swiped