Theft synonyms
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Act or practice of robbing
The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.
Racket is defined as a loud noisy sound, or an act of illegally obtaining money.
The act or practice of stealing or an instance of this; theft
swindling
The act by which somebody is swindled.
defrauding
Pillage is the act of taking or stealing something by force.
pilfering
The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.
The act of plundering; pillage; robbery
pocket-picking
safecracking
The breaking open and robbing of safes
The wrongful taking of something of value from another by the threat of force or other coercive measure.
(Law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
credit-card misuse
Deprivation is defined as the state of having something withheld from the enjoyment or possession of someone.
The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.
The taking of control or possession of property, especially the government’s taking of private property for a public purpose.
shoplifting
(Uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
A soft, warm, lightweight, usually synthetic fabric with a deep pile, used primarily for clothing and blankets.
The definition of a grab is a sudden snatch, or something that is suddenly or quickly taken.
(Chem.) The amount of liquid retained or delayed during fractional distillation and certain types of solvent extractions
(Naut.) A part of a sail which can be folded or rolled up and made fast to reduce the area exposed to the wind, as during a storm
mugging
An assault upon a person especially with the intent to rob.
crime (related)
(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
Relating to plagiarism.
(Slang) An illegal plot or enterprise, especially one involving theft.
In criminal and tort law, the intentional deprivation of another of the benefit and use of his property, without his authorization or lawful justification, by possessing or disposing of the property as if it were one’s own or by an act (such as damaging or destroying it) that interferes with or is inconsistent with the owner’s right to sue and possess the property.
The theft or misuse of funds, generally refers to improper use of money by government official or private trustee.
filching
The act of one who filches; theft.
The definition of heist is slang for a robbery or burglary.
The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
Embezzle-ment, especially when done by a public official.
Something pilfered
Plagiarism is the act of copying or stealing someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own work.
purloining
To go away hastily and secretly; run away and hide, esp. in order to escape the law
Pilfer is defined as to steal a small item.
To reproduce or otherwise use (the words, ideas, or other work of another) as one's own or without attribution.
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
return (antonym)
A return ticket.
Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.
crimes (related)
Plural form of crime
Deliberate defacing or destruction of property; ignorant defacing of anything beautiful or treasured, such as a work of art, architecture, or a valued building. Ignorance or malice is usually inferred.
Synonym Study
- Burglary in legal use implies a breaking into a house with intent to commit theft or other felony and is often restricted to such an act accomplished at night
- Robbery is frequently used in the same general sense as theft , but in its strict legal sense implies the felonious taking of another's property from that person or in his or her immediate presence by the use of violence or intimidation
- Theft is the general term and larceny the legal term for the unlawful or felonious taking away of another's property without his or her consent and with the intention of depriving the person of it
Find another word for theft. In this page you can discover 55 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for theft, like: robbery, larceny, swindle, racket, thievery, stealing, swindling, cheating, defrauding, rapacity and fraud.