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STOLEN PROPERTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stolen property mean?
• STOLEN PROPERTY (noun)
The noun STOLEN PROPERTY has 1 sense:
1. property that has been stolen
Familiarity information: STOLEN PROPERTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Property that has been stolen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stolen property" is a kind of...):
transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stolen property"):
spoil ((usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war))
booty; dirty money; loot; pillage; plunder; prize; swag (goods or money obtained illegally)
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