Meaning of "stolen" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF STOLEN

stolen  [ˈstəʊlən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STOLEN

Stolen is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stolen in English.

WHAT DOES STOLEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stolen

Stolen may refer to: ▪ Stolen, a 2009 controversial documentary ▪ Stolen, a 2009 mystery-thriller film ▪ Stolen, a film by Simon West, starring Nicolas Cage ▪ Stolen, a 2009 novel by Lucy Christopher ▪ Stolen, a 2003 novel by Kelly Armstrong ▪ "Stolen", 2006 ▪ "Stolen", 2008 ▪ Stolen, a 1998 Australian play by Jane Harrison ▪ Stolen, a 2005 stealth-based video...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STOLEN

PRESENT

Present

I steal

you steal

he/she/it steals

we steal

you steal

they steal

Present continuous

I am stealing

you are stealing

he/she/it is stealing

we are stealing

you are stealing

they are stealing

Present perfect

I have stolen

you have stolen

he/she/it has stolen

we have stolen

you have stolen

they have stolen

Present perfect continuous

I have been stealing

you have been stealing

he/she/it has been stealing

we have been stealing

you have been stealing

they have been stealing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I stole

you stole

he/she/it stole

we stole

you stole

they stole

Past continuous

I was stealing

you were stealing

he/she/it was stealing

we were stealing

you were stealing

they were stealing

Past perfect

I had stolen

you had stolen

he/she/it had stolen

we had stolen

you had stolen

they had stolen

Past perfect continuous

I had been stealing

you had been stealing

he/she/it had been stealing

we had been stealing

you had been stealing

they had been stealing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will steal

you will steal

he/she/it will steal

we will steal

you will steal

they will steal

Future continuous

I will be stealing

you will be stealing

he/she/it will be stealing

we will be stealing

you will be stealing

they will be stealing

Future perfect

I will have stolen

you will have stolen

he/she/it will have stolen

we will have stolen

you will have stolen

they will have stolen

Future perfect continuous

I will have been stealing

you will have been stealing

he/she/it will have been stealing

we will have been stealing

you will have been stealing

they will have been stealing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would stolen

you would stolen

he/she/it would stolen

we would stolen

you would stolen

they would stolen

Conditional continuous

I would be stealing

you would be stealing

he/she/it would be stealing

we would be stealing

you would be stealing

they would be stealing

Conditional perfect

I would have stolen

you would have stolen

he/she/it would have stolen

we would have stolen

you would have stolen

they would have stolen

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been stealing

you would have been stealing

he/she/it would have been stealing

we would have been stealing

you would have been stealing

they would have been stealing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you steal
we let´s steal
you steal

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to steal

Past participle

stolen

Present Participle

stealing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «STOLEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stolen» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of stolen

appropriate · bargain · bent · blag · cabbage · copy · creep · embezzle · filch · flit · giveaway · half-inch · heist · hooky · hot · knock off · knockoff · lift · misappropriate · misappropriation · nick · off the back of a lorry · peculate · pilfer · pilfering · pinch · pirate · plagiarize · poach · prig · purloin · rip · rip-off · shoplift · slink · slip · sneak · snip · snitch · swipe · take · theft · thieve · thievery · thieving · tiptoe · trouser

TRANSLATION OF STOLEN

Find out the translation of stolen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stolen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stolen» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 被盗
• Translator English - Spanish: robada
• English: stolen
• Translator English - Hindi: चोरी
• Translator English - Arabic: سرقت
• Translator English - Russian: украдены
• Translator English - Portuguese: roubado
• Translator English - Bengali: অপহৃত
• Translator English - French: volé
• Translator English - Malay: Dicuri
• Translator English - German: gestohlen
• Translator English - Japanese: 盗まれた
• Translator English - Korean: 도난
• Translator English - Javanese: Dicolong
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bị đánh cắp
• Translator English - Tamil: திருடப்பட்ட
• Translator English - Marathi: चोरीला गेले
• Translator English - Turkish: çalıntı
• Translator English - Italian: rubare
• Translator English - Polish: skradzione
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вкрадені
• Translator English - Romanian: furate
• Translator English - Greek: κλαπεί
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gesteel
• Translator English - Swedish: stulen
• Translator English - Norwegian: stjålet

10 QUOTES WITH «STOLEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stolen.

1

Charles Bass

In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.

2

Stephanie Beacham

My worst holiday was in Athens when I was a young drama student at Rada in 1965. I ran out of money. I had my things stolen and I wasn't able to speak a word of the language.

3

Anne Bradstreet

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.

4

Foxy Brown

I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.

5

Sandra Bullock

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

6

Kresley Cole

The one test I have for every completed book is if I feel head over heels in love with the hero. If he hasn't stolen my heart from the previous hero, I know the book isn't right.

7

Mary Daly

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.

8

Michael Fassbender

You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that.

9

Katie Featherston

I've twice accidentally stolen something, and both times I went back and paid for them when I realized I had done it.

10

Nathan Fillion

I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOLEN»

Discover the use of stolen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stolen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Stolen

STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.

Lucy Christopher, 2011

A Stolen Life: A Memoir

The woman abducted at age 11 by a man and woman who subsequently held her hostage and sexually abused her for 18 years discusses her life.

Jaycee Dugard, 2011

Stolen

Can she ever forgive them? Can they ever forgive themselves...? Praise for Susan Lewis 'Spellbinding!

Susan Lewis, 2011

Stolen

For Elena, kidnapped and imprisoned deep underground, separated from her Pack, unable to tell her friends from her enemies, choosing the right allies is a matter of life and death. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Kelley Armstrong, 2009

Stolen

When the bullets finally ceased, the bodies lay in a coiled embrace on the lifeboat.

Tess Gerritsen, 2010

Girl, Stolen

Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription at the pharmacy.

April Henry, 2010

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply

A devastating expose of what the globalized agricultural industry is doing to our land and our food.

Vandana Shiva, 2000

Stolen Continents: Five Hundered Years of Conquest and ...

This incisive single-volume report tells the stories of the conquest and survival of five great American cultures — Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee, and Iroquois.

Ronald Wright, 2005

Stolen

A girl finds herself running through the forest at the edge of a village with no memory of anything, even her own name, and later learns that she might be twelve-year-old Isabelle, believed to be stolen by a witch six years before.

Vivian Vande Velde, 2008

Stolen

This tender and moving story, awash with the humour of innocents, goes further than any previous account to bring the tragic story of the Stolen Generations to the Australian stage. 1 act, 2 male, 3 female.

Jane Harrison, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STOLEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stolen is used in the context of the following news items.

$1 Million Reward Up for Return of Stolen Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers

Surrender Dorothy's shoes! A pair of the famed ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland's Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz have been missing for years, and now a $1 ... «Us Magazine, Jul 15»

Police: Hearse stolen with body inside

Atlanta police spokesman Officer Ralph Woolfolk said authorities believe the hearse was stolen at Grady Memorial Hospital. Police say the front end of the ... «WSB Atlanta, Jun 15»

Grey: New Fifty Shades book 'stolen'

A copy of EL James's latest Fifty Shades novel has been stolen ahead of its publication. Kent Police has launched an investigation after Random House ... «BBC News, Jun 15»

Elton John's glasses stolen from Rock 'n' Soul Museum

Someone stole Elton John's iconic glasses from this museum, and they don't know who did it, yet. Sir Elton John watches over the Rock N Soul Museum, but ... «wreg.com, Apr 15»

Lupita Nyong'o's $150000 pearl Oscars dress stolen

The $150,000 pearl-studded gown worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o to Sunday's Academy Awards was stolen Wednesday from her hotel room in West Hollywood ... «CNN, Feb 15»

Lupita Nyong'o's stolen Oscar dress recovered

Authorities say they have recovered Lupita Nyong'o's stolen pearl-covered dress estimated to be worth $150,000. At a news conference Friday evening, officials ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»

Stolen Picasso Work Is Seized in Newark

“The market to sell stolen antiquities in the United States is drying up,” Anthony Scandiffio, deputy special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, ... «New York Times, Feb 15»

Officers Shoot Stolen Car Suspect After Wild Pursuit; Carjacked …

The driver of a stolen car, who in turn carjacked a second vehicle, was shot Monday evening after leading police on a high-speed chase on surface streets and ... «KTLA, Feb 15»

Thieves smash stolen SUV into San Francisco museum for gold

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thieves rammed a stolen SUV into a downtown San Francisco museum early Tuesday and swiped historic gold nuggets in the latest ... «Yahoo News UK, Jan 15»

Police shoot Denver teen who struck officer with stolen car

A second officer arrived after it was determined that the car had been stolen. In a statement, police said the two officers then "approached the vehicle on foot ... «Fox News, Jan 15»