stolen
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
An inflected form of steal · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,887 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,714 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- take without the owner's consent also: rip off, rip Someone stole my wallet on the trainThis author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
- move stealthily also: slip The ship slipped away in the darkness
- steal a base
stolen in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There the stolen yacht was waiting to carry it off.
The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1
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In stolen moments I scanned him with the jealousy of my youth.
The Cavalier · George Washington Cable · Chapter 1
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She has stolen her nest and hatched out six little geese all her own!
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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I am not rich myself: my father has not stolen to leave me an income.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He had stolen this secret of transformation and he knew he had disobeyed the law of Oz by working magic.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1