Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The unlawful taking of the property of another; larceny.
- noun An instance of such taking.
- noun Obsolete Something stolen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of stealing; in law, larceny (which see): compare also
robbery . - noun Something stolen; a loss by stealing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
- noun rare The thing stolen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
stealing property.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You are misusing the term theft, as the rightful owner of internet pipes are the owners of internet pipes, not you or me.
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Let's start with infringement / theft - your issue with the term theft is that the original isn't stolen, only a copy.
Techdirt 2009
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The label theft of land appears quite satisfactory.
Dissident Voice 2009
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Let's start with infringement / theft - your issue with the term theft is that the original isn't stolen, only a copy.
Techdirt 2009
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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
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill 2010
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Worrying yes - but this kind of high level corporate data theft is also exciting in a Neuromancer type way.
Google’s Code For Authentication System Stolen In Attacks | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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This theft is the engine that begins the boom and bust cycle.
Matthew Yglesias » Kinsley’s Transcendental Deduction of Hyperinflation 2010
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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).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill 2010
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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.
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There used to be a certain amount of what we call theft in
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917
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