"lost property" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lost properties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} lost property (usually uncountable, plural lost properties)
  1. (British) A help desk or department in a store, mall, or other such facility where customers who have lost an item can inquire as to whether it has been found and turned in; a lost and found. Tags: British, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-lost_property-en-noun-T6F5vUj~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. (law) Property that is found in such a state as to make it likely that the original owner unintentionally ceased to be in possession of the property, and would be unable to locate the property. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-lost_property-en-noun-nARm5HJt Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: abandoned property, mislaid property

Inflected forms

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