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    [Noun]  | "theft" | \ ˈtheft \


    1: the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it

    2: an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property

    3: a stolen base in baseball

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English thiefthe, from Old English thīefth; akin to Old English thēof thief;

    [Noun]  | "grand theft" 


    1: grand larceny

    Origin: circa 1930 ;

    [Noun]  | "identity theft" 


    1: the illegal use of someone else's personal information (such as a Social Security number) especially in order to obtain money or credit

    Origin: 1964 ;

    [Noun]  | "petit theft" 


    1: the crime of stealing something that does not have a high value

    [Noun]  | "petty theft" 


    1: the crime of stealing something that does not have a high value

    [Adjective]  | "an*ti-theft" | \ ˌan-tē-ˈtheft \


    1: designed to prevent theft

    Origin: 1906 ;

    [Noun]  | "theft" 


    1: the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner;


      * e.g., " ... while violent crime in the city has decreased dramatically, rates of theft and vandalism have risen slightly "



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    2: an instance of theft;


      * e.g., " ... the police found the stolen car an hour after the theft was reported "



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     [ "theft" ]

    1: the prime funtion of a CEO

      * e.g.,  ... CEO: 'The company is broke but i made $400 million. I must admit, i do my job quite well. Time to go back to my golden castle full of antiques in narnia.' 

     [ "theft" ]

    1: I had a roommate that would steal money from me when I was not home. When I confronted him, he sent me an email saying: I don't care if you call me a theft. In the real sense of the word, he is, but he meant a "thief." For crying out loud!! He is supposed to be a college graduate and he writes like that, that is the real theft. So according to him, a theft is a person who steals money from somebody else.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't care if you call me a theft, or My spouse is a dirty old theft, when I was a kid, i became a theft. haha!! very wrong. 

     [ "theft" ]

    1: noun. A dj from Houston, Tx that somehow wound up in the NW. Speaks with a thick accent and uses words and phrases such as fixin, ima, gonna and the dreaded ya'll. Recieved the name for being arrested for shoplifting motor oil on his eighteenth birthday.

      * e.g.,  ... Theft's set was aweseome until he picked up the microphone. 

     [ "Theft" ]

    1: Taxation

      * e.g.,  ... Taxation is theft 

     [ "Theft" ]

    1: When something is handed to you and you leave with it.

      * e.g.,  ... I gave Erica my dollar at SportWay and she didn't give it back to me before I left. These lines will rhyme because she committed theft 

     [ "Theft" ]

    1: Property, to be more precise land as property.

      * e.g.,  ... Property is theft! 

     [ "Theft" ]

    1: Borrowing without permission with no intent on returning.

      * e.g.,  ... "Where did you get that tv?" 

     [ "Theft" ]

    1: : the act of compulsive stealing: Usually random stealing of high school phones, fire exstinguisher, cpr ANDY's, and other schools award plaques.

      * e.g.,  ... Scott Serafin; Rob Diton; 

     [ "Thefted" ]

    1: meaning "stolen" or "taken" or even "snatched"

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Mitchell, I totally just thefted David's virginity! 

     [ "Theft" ]

    1: Robbing someone, when someone breaks into your home or business, and steals something.

      * e.g.,  ... Someone tried to break into my home, and I introduced them to my Frank Thomas aluminum bat. 

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