Definitions for property crime
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1. Property crime

   Property crime is a category of crime, usually involving private property, that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime is a crime to obtain money, property, or some other benefit. This may involve force, or the threat of force, in cases like robbery or extortion. Since these crimes are committed in order to enrich the perpetrator they are considered property crimes. Crimes against property are divided into two groups: destroyed property and stolen property. When property is destroyed, it could be called arson or vandalism. Examples of the act of stealing property is robbery or embezzlement. Property crimes are high-volume crimes, with cash, electronics (e.g. televisions), power tools, cameras, and jewelry often targeted. "Hot products" tend to be items that are concealable, removable, available, valuable, and enjoyable, with an ease of "disposal" being the most important characteristic.

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1. Property crime

   Property crime is a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim. Although robbery involves taking property, it is classified as a violent crime, as force or threat of force on an individual that is present is involved in contrast to burglary which is typically of an unoccupied dwelling or other unoccupied building. Since laws against destruction to property was introduced, crimes have been reduced by more than 30% and rising each year. Property crimes are high-volume crimes, with cash, electronics, power tools, cameras, and jewelry often targeted. "Hot products" tend to be items that are concealable, removable, available, valuable, and enjoyable, with an ease of "disposal" being the most important characteristic.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of property crime in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of property crime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of property crime in a Sentence

1. Tom Saggau:

   We agree with Councilmember Wesson that not every call our city leaders have asked us to respond to should be a police response, we are more than willing to talk about how, or if, we respond to non-criminal and non-emergency calls so we can free up time to respond quickly to 911 calls, crack down on violent and property crime, and expand our community policing efforts.

2. Sean Westwood:

   Democrats used to be the party of the working class, but today they are instead seen as a party defined by ostensibly legalizing property crime, crippling the police, and injecting social justice into math classes.

3. James Henning:

   [ Property crime is ] the biggest driver of our [ overall ] crime, and of our increases. So, can you attribute that to marijuana ? I don't think you can, the data isn't there.

4. George Gascon:

   In Los Angeles County, we’re seeing a noticeable increase in auto theft, my office is working with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable the people involved in this property crime.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_Crime
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=property crime