Another word for theft
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Noun
The crime of taking someone else's property without consent
- (Law) The taking of personal property without consent and with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it; theft: in some states of the U.S., and formerly in England, larceny in which the value of the property equals or exceeds a specified amount is grand larceny, and larceny involving lesser amounts is petit (or petty) larceny
- The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.
- The act or practice of pilfering
- Something pilfered
- A recurrent theft of small items of little value.
- (Slang) A bargain.
- Something stolen
- Something obtained at a cost so low as to be regarded as excessively favorable to the buyer
- The act or practice of stealing or an instance of this; theft
- A product or service that is overpriced or of poor quality.
- A product that is overpriced, esp. one that is inferior or an imitation
- Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.
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Another word for theft
Noun
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- Act or practice of robbing
- (Law) The felonious taking of personal property in the possession or immediate presence of another by the use of violence or intimidation
- (Countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
- A light bat for tennis, badminton, etc., with a network of catgut, silk, nylon, etc., in an oval or round frame attached to a handle
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
- The act or practice of stealing or an instance of this; theft
- (Law) The taking of personal property without consent and with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it; theft: in some states of the U.S., and formerly in England, larceny in which the value of the property equals or exceeds a specified amount is grand larceny, and larceny involving lesser amounts is petit (or petty) larceny
- The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.
- (Uncountable) The action of the verb to steal.
- (Archaic, chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
- The act by which somebody is swindled.
- An act of swindling; trick; cheat; fraud
- One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.
- Deceit; trickery; cheating
- (--- Law) Intentional deception to cause a person to give up property or some lawful right
- The illegal recording, transmission, or reception of radio or TV broadcasts
- Robbery or other serious acts of violence committed at sea.
- The unauthorized publication, reproduction, or use of a copyrighted or patented work
- An instance of this:
- The act of breaking into a building to commit theft or some other crime
- The act of entering another's premises without authorization in order to commit a crime, such as theft.
- That which is plundered; booty; loot
- The act of plundering
- Something pillaged; spoils.
- The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.
- The act or practice of plundering.
- Goods taken by force or fraud; loot; booty
- Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.
- Willful or malicious damage or destruction of the property of another.
- The actions or attitudes of a vandal; malicious or ignorant destruction of public or private property, often, specif., of that which is beautiful or artistic
- Willful damage or destruction of any property with no other purpose than damage or destruction of said property.
- The breaking open and robbing of safes
- The act of defeating the security mechanisms of a safe or vault to gain access to its contents.
- The act or an instance of extorting something, as by psychological pressure.
- The act of extorting, or getting money, etc. by threats, misuse of authority, etc.
- Illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds, or patronage.
- (Law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
- (Uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
- (Countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours.
- The yield of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.
- A garment, especially a shirt or jacket, made of such fabric.
- A soft, warm, lightweight, usually synthetic fabric with a deep pile, used primarily for clothing and blankets.
- A mechanical device for gripping an object.
- A sudden attempt to grasp or hold something:
- A sudden, often unscrupulous taking control or ownership of something:
- The free volume between the resin particles in an ion exchange column
- (Chem.) The amount of liquid retained or delayed during fractional distillation and certain types of solvent extractions
- (Physics) The amount of fissionable material being processed or in storage for irradiation in a reactor cycle
- (Mining) A bed or vein of ore; lode
- A line or ridge of rock, coral, or sand lying at or near the surface of the water
- (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
- A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
- An assault upon a person especially with the intent to rob.
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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
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