Definitions for theft
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun

   the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. theftnoun

   The act of stealing property.

2. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Theftnoun

   Etymology: from theif.

   1. The act of stealing.

   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.

   2. The thing stolen.

   If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, ass, or sheep, he shall restore double. Exod. xxii. 4.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. Theftnoun

   the thing stolen

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Theft

   theft, n. act of thieving.—adj. Theft′ūous, thievish.—adv. Theft′ūously. [A.S. theófth, thýfth—theóf, thief.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Theft

   Unlawful act of taking property.

Matched Categories

1. • Felony

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'theft' in Nouns Frequency: #1857

How to pronounce theft?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of theft in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of theft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of theft in a Sentence

1. Heritage Action:

   This amendment is inadequate, as it does not cover non-immigrant temporary visas, like students, who also pose security risks, the CCP views every citizen as an instrument to serve the party, and they encourage and apply leverage against many of their citizens working and studying abroad to continue that theft. Passing legislation that would massively increase the number of Chinese national visa holders is a bad idea at this time.

2. Walter E. Williams:

   Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. ... Since government has no resources of its own, and since there’s no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person’s property to give it to another to whom it does not belong -- in effect, legalized theft.

3. London Mayor Boris Johnson:

   We have made real progress in tackling the smartphone theft epidemic that was affecting many major cities just two years ago.

4. Michael Pillsbury:

   This is clearly pouring cold water on individual FBI agents in the field, if this is interpreted to mean give Chinese technology theft cases a lower priority, it's going to be a disaster.

5. Debbie Wasserman Schultz:

   I visited Tyndall, and I saw the damage that still exists there. This theft of funding for an essential life-safety project adds insult to injury for our state and the servicemembers living and working there.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=theft
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Theft
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=theft
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theft
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=theft
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=theft