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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 stolenplay

  Familiarity information: STOLEN PROPERTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STOLEN PROPERTY (noun)


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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