Stolen

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steal \Steal\ (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. {Stole} (st[=o]l); p. p.
     {Stolen} (st[=o]"l'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stealing}.] [OE.
     stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG.
     stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[aum]la, Dan.
     stiaele, Goth. stilan.]
     1. To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without


        right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to
        steal the personal goods of another.
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              Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence
              Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets
              in alms.                              --G. Eliot.
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     2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to
        creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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              They could insinuate and steal themselves under the
              same by their humble carriage and submission.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              He will steal himself into a man's favor. --Shak.
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     3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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              So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
                                                    --2 Sam. xv.
                                                    6.
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     4. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible
        degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and
        imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
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              Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the
              mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --I.
                                                    Watts.
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     5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
        to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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              Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course,
              profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal
              it.                                   --Bacon.
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     {To steal a march}, to march in a covert way; to gain an
        advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now
        by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march
        upon one's political rivals.
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              She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy.
                                                    --Smollett.
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              Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over
              the sea.                              --Walpole.
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     Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stolen \Stol"en\,
     p. p. of {Steal}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stolen
       adj : taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" [syn: {purloined}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steal
       n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
            auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
             {bargain}, {buy}]
       2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances
          safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of
          a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
       v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet
            on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from
            my dissertation"
       2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
          [syn: {slip}]
       3: steal a base
       4: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
          spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: {sneak}, {mouse}, {creep},
           {pussyfoot}]
       [also: {stolen}, {stole}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stolen
       See {steal}