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hot property

hot property noun: stolen goods.

Noun

hot property (usually uncountable, plural hot properties)

  1. (usually) Stolen goods.
    Synonyms:
    booty
  2. (usually) Something that is highly sought after.
    • 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.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 169

Synonyms of hot property

Forms of hot property

pluralhot properties

Origin of hot property

From sense hot (“illegal, stolen”) – compare hot check (“fraudulent check”).

Questions about hot property

What does hot property mean?
Hot property means stolen goods.
What part of speech is hot property?
Hot property is a noun.
What is the plural of hot property?
The plural of hot property is hot properties.

Words near hot property in the dictionary

  1. hot potatoes
  2. hot pots
  3. hot press
  4. hot presses
  5. hot properties
  6. hot property
  7. hot pursuit
  8. hot pursuits
  9. hot rack
  10. hot rail
  11. hot rails

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