What does theft mean?
Definitions for theft
θɛfttheft
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Princeton's WordNet
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
"the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
Wiktionary
theftnoun
The act of stealing property.
Etymology: þyft, þeoft, earlier þiefþ, þeofþ, from þiubiþō, from þeubaz. Cognate with Old Norse þeoft, þeofð and (obsolete) Dutch diefte. Compare thief, -th.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Theftnoun
Etymology: from theif.
Theft is an unlawful felonious taking away of another man’s goods against the owner’s knowledge or will. John Cowell.
His thefts were too open, his filching was like an unskilful singer, he kept not time. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
Their nurse Euriphile,
Whom for the theft I wedded, stole these children. William Shakespeare.If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, ass, or sheep, he shall restore double. Exod. xxii. 4.
Wikipedia
Theft
Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word theft is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, or receiving stolen property. In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny, while in others, theft is defined more narrowly. Someone who carries out an act of theft may be described as a "thief" (PL: thieves).Theft is the name of a statutory offence in California, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria.
ChatGPT
theft
Theft is the act of taking another person's property without their consent and with the intent to permanently deprive them of it. This action is illegal and punishable by law. It can include various methods such as directly stealing items, deceiving someone into handing over possessions, or unlawfully intercepting and using personal information.
Webster Dictionary
Theftnoun
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
Theftnoun
the thing stolen
Wikidata
Theft
In common usage, theft is the taking of another person's property without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word is also used as an informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, shoplifting, library theft and fraud. In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny; in others, theft has replaced larceny. Someone who carries out an act of or makes a career of theft is known as a thief. The act of theft is known by terms such as stealing, thieving, wicksing, and filching. Theft is the name of a statutory offence in California, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Victoria.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Theft
theft, n. act of thieving.—adj. Theft′ūous, thievish.—adv. Theft′ūously. [A.S. theófth, thýfth—theóf, thief.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Theft
Unlawful act of taking property.
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'theft' in Nouns Frequency: #1857
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of theft in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of theft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of theft in a Sentence
The small-scale theft of food escalated into mass looting of warehouses across Kombolcha in recent days, reportedly by elements of the Tigrayan forces and some members of the local population, such harassment of humanitarian staff by armed forces is unacceptable. It undermines the ability of the United Nations and all of our humanitarian partners to deliver assistance when it is most needed.
I promise you guys that counterfeits, fake products, and intellectual property theft - we are more and more confident than ever that we can solve the problem.
We got significant outcomes on trade secrets which is a really big issue, this is where China clarified its intent to make preliminary injunctions and meaningful remedies and other judicial protections more easily accessible to those who are confronting trade secret theft ... It's a big deal.
Roby agreed to a plea deal today that will land him in prison for 5 years for Exploitation of an Elderly Person and Grand Theft of more than $100,000.
In the short term, Widodo will have to accommodate the opinions and interests of the Muslim-majority because, if the majority feels insecure, it is difficult to protect minorities, this is just being pro-people. It doesn't mean Indonesia will turn into Saudi Arabia or that the country will go straight to amputating a hand for theft.
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- аӡараAbkhaz
- diefstalAfrikaans
- سرقةArabic
- soyğun, oğurluqAzerbaijani
- кража, крадзежBelarusian
- кражбаBulgarian
- চুরিBengali
- robatoriCatalan, Valencian
- krádežCzech
- lladradWelsh
- tyveriDanish
- DiebstahlGerman
- κλοπήGreek
- ŝteladoEsperanto
- robo, hurtoSpanish
- vargusEstonian
- دزدیPersian
- varkausFinnish
- volFrench
- meirle, gadachd, goidScottish Gaelic
- גזלHebrew
- चोरीHindi
- lopásHungarian
- գողությունArmenian
- furteInterlingue
- þjófnaðurIcelandic
- furtoItalian
- 盗みJapanese
- ქურდობაGeorgian
- ұрлықKazakh
- 도둑질, 절도Korean
- furtumLatin
- vagystėLithuanian
- zādzībaLatvian
- whānakoMāori
- кражбаMacedonian
- चोरीMarathi
- tjuveri, tyveriNorwegian
- diefstalDutch
- tjuveriNorwegian Nynorsk
- aneestʼį́į́ʼ, aniʼį́į́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- kradzieżPolish
- furto, rouboPortuguese
- furtRomanian
- кража, угон, воровство, хищениеRussian
- krȁđa, кра̏ђаSerbo-Croatian
- krádežSlovak
- krajaSlovene
- vjedhjeAlbanian
- stöldSwedish
- wiziSwahili
- దొంగతనముTelugu
- โจรกรรมThai
- çalma, hırsızlık, soygunTurkish
- крадіжка, крадіж, покражаUkrainian
- چوریUrdu
- oʻgʻrilikUzbek
- ăn trộm, trộm cắpVietnamese
- tifVolapük
- 盗窃Chinese
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