Stolen is an English word with synonyms like purloined or taken. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stolen in a sentence
Stolen meaning
past participle of steal
Using Stolen
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of steal
- Useful related words include: purloined, taken.
- In the example corpus, stolen often appears in combinations such as: stolen from, the stolen, was stolen.
Context around Stolen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stolen
- In this selection, "stolen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, receiving, white, rbis, bases, property and generations stand out and add context to how "stolen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 rbis stolen base, a bike stolen or misplaced, stolen goods, reported stolen and stolen property. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stolen" sits close to words such as beauty, drew and forecast, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stolen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Stolen stolen, or found stolen? (5 words)
Police also found stolen motor vehicles and stolen property at the site. (12 words)
Stolen driver’s licenses, stolen credit cards, firearms, ammunition, drug paraphernalia and stolen property were recovered. (16 words)
But if you are buying from a private seller then make sure to do a stolen car check online, as if you are unfortunate enough to have bought a stolen car - you are not entitled to the money you paid for it and it will be confiscated. (47 words)
According to the affidavit for arrest on the drug charge, Moss and Harkrider were allegedly in a stolen gray Honda Civic parked at one of the gas pumps when an officer ran the license plate through a database and found the vehicle had been stolen. (45 words)
He said Eady is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and theft by receiving stolen property (in the form of a firearm reported stolen by a Ware County citizen) and that Jenkins is charged with theft by receiving stolen property. (44 words)
Stolen stolen, or found stolen? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Leading the hosts at the plate were Brent Stewart (run, 2 stolen bases), Ethan Reed (2 stolen bases, run), Widdecombe (double, 2 runs, 2 stolen bases) and Powell (single, 2 RBIs, stolen base).
Trawling through darkweb markets and listings sites, there are pages of hackers offering their services for hire, as well as the 'fruits' of cybercrime - stolen cards, stolen accounts, stolen PayPal logins.
The painting, known as The Absinthe Drinker, was stolen from the Dorville family, who were compensated earlier this year for three stolen pieces of art stolen during the Holocaust.
Stolen driver’s licenses, stolen credit cards, firearms, ammunition, drug paraphernalia and stolen property were recovered.
He said Eady is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and theft by receiving stolen property (in the form of a firearm reported stolen by a Ware County citizen) and that Jenkins is charged with theft by receiving stolen property.
Stolen stolen, or found stolen?
Comparisons The White Stolen Generations main The white stolen generations are so-called to distinguish them from the indigenous stolen generations.
According to the affidavit for arrest on the drug charge, Moss and Harkrider were allegedly in a stolen gray Honda Civic parked at one of the gas pumps when an officer ran the license plate through a database and found the vehicle had been stolen.
After Dominion’s lawyers confronted Mr. Murdoch with his own messages showing he knew Mr. Trump’s stolen election claims were false, that some Fox hosts appeared to have endorsed stolen election claims.
Between April 26 and May 1 in Farnborough, Carter dishonestly received stolen goods to the value unknown belonging to someone else knowing or believing them to be stolen goods.
But if you are buying from a private seller then make sure to do a stolen car check online, as if you are unfortunate enough to have bought a stolen car - you are not entitled to the money you paid for it and it will be confiscated.
Cheese, various meat products and other small packaged items are the everyday foods, which are stolen the most, while toothpaste and shampoos are the most commonly stolen toiletries," Kärner said.
He said the Passat may have been stolen before Mr Flynn’s BMW is alleged to have even arrived in Clogherhead, and where the stolen Passat was taken to before the credit union robbery two days later has not been established.
Officers say the two were in a car stolen out of Seattle, and that another stolen vehicle was recovered in the vicinity where Santana and Stotts were coming from.
Police also found stolen motor vehicles and stolen property at the site.
Polls show that an astonishing 87 per cent of people have either had a pet stolen or have an acquaintance whose pet has been stolen in Vietnam.
The neophyte added an error Sunday by throwing the ball into centerfield on a stolen base by Jean Segura in the seventh and allowed five stolen bases on the afternoon.
The owner, Brad Schrieber, is worried about his horse and turned to social media and Stolen Horse International-NetPosse Missing and Stolen Equine for help finding Buck.
The police are asking if anyone can help to identify the second bike which was stolen and whether they know anyone who may have had a bike stolen or misplaced to contact them.
The stolen Ferrari and Porsche has been recovered, however an orange 2015 Maserati Ghibli, which was also allegedly stolen from the same address remains outstanding.
Phrases with stolen
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with stolen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stolen from 27×
- the stolen 25×
- was stolen 24×
- and stolen 15×
- been stolen 15×
- stolen goods 14×
- of stolen 13×
- reported stolen 12×
- stolen vehicle 12×
- stolen in 12×