26984 words

theft

4 definitions • 8 examples
1
(the act of) dishonestly taking something that belongs to someone else and keeping it:

Examples:

Unfortunately, we have had several thefts in the building recently.
Shoplifting is theft.
2
another word for

Examples:

He was going to attempt a theft of second.
His theft of second in the third and Brown's theft of second in the fourth were the two stolen bases in the game.
3
the act of taking something that belongs to someone else and keeping it; stealing:

Examples:

[ U ] car theft
4
the crime of illegally taking something that belongs to someone else:

Examples:

theft of sth They are taking legal action over the theft of copyrighted images sold by competing websites.
theft from sb/sth a daring theft from the company's offices
Four employees were arrested for theft of IBM memory cards.

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