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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

theft

/θɛft/

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What does theft mean?

noun

  1. The act of stealing property.

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/θɛft/

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A perception caused him to withdraw his own from hers as suddenly as if he had been caught in a theft.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
Jean Valjean was taken before the tribunals of the time for theft and breaking and entering an inhabited house at night.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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Of course, not only concerning some theft by a servant girl, but always when we are trying to understand some human weakness.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
The theft was discovered by the relentless department store detective who, for "the sake of example," insisted upon taking the case into court.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
Will the just man or citizen ever be guilty of sacrilege or theft, or treachery either to his friends or to his country?
PlatoThe RepublicTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1497