Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or an instance of stealing; larceny.
- n. Obsolete Something stolen.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of stealing; in law, larceny (which see): compare also robbery.
- n. Something stolen; a loss by stealing.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of stealing property.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
- n. rare The thing stolen.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Etymologies
- Old English þȳft, þēoft, earlier þīefþ, þēofþ, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”). Cognate with Old Norse þeoft, þeofð and (obsolete) Dutch diefte. Compare thief, -th. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English thīefth. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“You are misusing the term theft, as the rightful owner of internet pipes are the owners of internet pipes, not you or me.”
“Let's start with infringement / theft - your issue with the term theft is that the original isn't stolen, only a copy.”
“The label theft of land appears quite satisfactory.”
“Worrying yes - but this kind of high level corporate data theft is also exciting in a Neuromancer type way.”
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“This theft is the engine that begins the boom and bust cycle.”
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“Proactively reporting the theft is a bad idea because now your buddy faces a stiff federal sentence for possession of a stolen firearm (18USC922).”
“Proactively reporting the theft is a bad idea because now your buddy faces a stiff federal sentence for possession of a stolen firearm”
“You know, fortunately we don ` t incarcerate you for extended periods of time because of what they call theft of services or small quantities of a controlled substance.”
“There used to be a certain amount of what we call theft in”
“Instead of rejoicing at this fresh manifestation of her boy's imagination, she concentrated all her remarks upon what she termed his theft, and she frugally used the period while she was scrubbing him, to drive her spoken condemnations home.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘theft’.
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JURI - crimes and offences
Don't commit any of these if you can
firearms trafficking, serious and organ..., trafficking in hu..., illegal shipment ..., cybercrime, money laundering, sale of counterfe..., sale of dangerous..., smuggling, infraction, corruption, organised crime and 153 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Banes of My Existence
Ever notice that some people love to make life as miserable for you as possible? It's time to call those people out and stop them from making life unfun, once and for all!
paperwork, taxes, software bugs, spam, car accidents, red tape, laws, morons, greasy restaurants, dryer lint, dialup, statists and 12 more...
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I am the law!: Crime
accomplice, actus reus, assault, burglary, bigamy, felony, capacity, conspiracy, coroner, custodial, embezzlement, evidence and 28 more...
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Mafiosi
Words and expressions that relate to the Mafia and their activities.
camorra, racketeering, pizzo, la cosa nostra, honoured society, extortion, cupola, 'ndrangheta, kidnapping, trafficking, omerta, fraud and 24 more...
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Crimes & Misdemeanors
Crime-related words.
perpetrator, felony, misdemeanor, rape, suspicion, arrest, pillage, arson, burglary, theft, complicit, filch and 12 more...
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powerspeaking's list
Advanced Current Events Vocabulary
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