"unsteal" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unsteals [present, singular, third-person], unstealing [participle, present], unstole [past], unstolen [participle, past]
Etymology: un- + steal Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|steal}} un- + steal Head templates: {{en-verb|unsteals|unstealing|unstole|unstolen}} unsteal (third-person singular simple present unsteals, present participle unstealing, simple past unstole, past participle unstolen)
  1. (transitive) To reverse the process of stealing; to return, or never to have taken, something stolen. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unsteal-en-verb-pB4oEE1b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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