Thesaurus: theft

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1. n. 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. n. The thing stolen.
3. n. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
4. 1. (Law) 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. Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery. 2. The thing stolen. [R.] If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double. Ex. xxii. 4.
5. The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking andremoving of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightfulowner of the same; larceny.
6. n:100 n the act of taking something from someone unlawfully