Theft

Noun

 * 1) The act of stealing property.

Verbs for Theft
accomplish—; acquire by—; apprehend for —; bewail—; charge with—; commit—; denounce—; disclose—; divulge—; forestall —; insure against—; penalize—; plan—; plot—; reveal—; uncover—; —baffles; — distresses; —impoverishes; —violates-

Thesaurus
acquisition, appropriation, boosting, burglary, caper, claiming, embezzlement, filch, filching, grab, heist, hijacking, job, larceny, lift, lifting, pilferage, pilfering, pinch, pinching, possession, purloining, reception, rip-off, robbery, robbing, score, shoplifting, snitching, steal, stealage, stealing, swiping, taking, taking away, taking possession, thievery, thieving, touch

Etymology
þyft:, þeoft:, earlier þiefþ:, þeofþ:, from, from. Cognate with Old Norse þeoft, þeofð and (obsolete) Dutch diefte:. Compare thief:, -th:.

Translations

 * Albanian: vjedhje
 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Campidanese: fura
 * Catalan: robatori
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 盜竊, 盗窃
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝtelado
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 盗み (ぬすみ, nusumi)
 * Korean: 도둑질 (dodukjil), 절도 (jeoldo)
 * Macedonian: кражба (kražba)
 * Marathi: चोरी (ćorī)


 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: furt (m)
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , goid
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: крађа
 * Roman: krađa
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, hurto
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: దొంగతనము (doMgatanamu)
 * Turkish: soygun, hırsızlık
 * Urdu: (ćorī)
 * Volapük: tif
 * Warlpiri: puru
 * Welsh:

Derived terms

 * petty theft

Related terms

 * thief
 * thieve