"hot property" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hot properties [plural]
Etymology: From sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot check (“fraudulent check”). Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} hot property (usually uncountable, plural hot properties)
  1. Stolen goods. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms (stolen goods): booty Related terms: hot check
    Sense id: en-hot_property-en-noun-NVKl9iEh Disambiguation of Crime: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'stolen goods': 87 13
  2. Something that is highly sought after. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-hot_property-en-noun-R~Vwos9d

Inflected forms

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          "_dis": "61 39",
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          "_dis": "61 39",
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          "_dis": "86 14",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Crime",
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            "Law",
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            "Justice",
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        "Stolen goods."
      ],
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        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        }
      ],
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        {
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          "word": "booty"
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 169:",
          "text": "There was Nimmi (pronounced Neemi), a honey-coloured, nymph-like beauty. She had done a lascivious mating dance in an Indian technicolour epic called Aan, and she was hot property at the box office.",
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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  "forms": [
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        "plural"
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    }
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    {
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        "Stolen goods."
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    {
      "sense": "stolen goods",
      "word": "booty"
    }
  ],
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}

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