stole

verb

1. (form-of, past)simple past of steal

   “TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.”

2. (archaic, colloquial, form-of, participle, past)past participle of steal

   “[…]when indeed they have ſeen nothing, but have ſtole the word of the Lord from others, and borrowed from their neighbour[…]”

   “And glory pointed still the goal / THat fired his lay; / But now revolving time has stole / Those dreams away.”

   “[…]He must have stole my gear after he ran off, licking his wounds." Clint spoke loudly and proudly and drew some applause.”

noun

1. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress, corresponding to the Eastern epitrachelion.

   “With sou'-wester under arm, and oilskin open so that God might see the stole and know that there was no deception, he chanted from a prayer-book in a tone exactly like that of a blackfellow devil-dovvening: […]”

2. A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
3. A stolon.