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    THEFT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of taking something from someone unlawfullyplay

    Example:

    the thieving is awful at Kennedy International

    Synonyms:

    larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("theft" is a kind of...):

    felony (a serious crime (such as murder or arson))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theft"):

    breach of trust with fraudulent intent (larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking)

    defalcation; embezzlement; misapplication; misappropriation; peculation (the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else)

    pilferage (the act of stealing small amounts or small articles)

    shoplifting; shrinkage (the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store)

    robbery (larceny by threat of violence)

    biopiracy (biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use)

    grand larceny; grand theft (larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale))

    petit larceny; petty; petty larceny (larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale))

    skimming (failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it)

    rustling (the stealing of cattle)

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