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Definition of Theft

Theft

  1. 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. The thing stolen.

Theft Quotations

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
Imelda Marcos

All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one.
Marquis de Sade

According to the Privacy Rights Center, up to 10 million Americans are victims of ID theft each year. They have a right to be notified when their most sensitive health data is stolen.
Luis Gutierrez

Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.
Newt Gingrich
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Theft Translations

theft in Danish is tyveri
theft in Dutch is diefstal, ontvreemding
theft in French is fauche
theft in German is Diebstahl, Dieb
theft in Italian is ladrocinio
theft in Latin is furtum
theft in Portuguese is roubo, furto
theft in Spanish is robo, hurto, latrocinio

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