noun
definition
The act of stealing property.
Examples of theft in a Sentence
Surely Yancey wasn't involved in art theft as well.
Its theft is a frequent subject in Greek art, especially of the earlier time.
When one takes into account that the next article of the declaration decreed death for domestic theft, the legislation is not relatively cruel.
The theft of a wateringmachine, water-bucket or other agricultural implement was heavily fined.
They were prosecuted for theft, one of them being condemned to six months' imprisonment.
Stories of the theft of Prometheus are recorded by Hesiod, Aeschylus, and their commentators.
The latter penalty was also attached to theft of sacred things by night, but stealing by day from a temple objects of little value brought only sentence to the mines.
Property is communal and theft is only recognized as to things of absolute necessity, such as arrows, pigs' flesh and fire.
A master could not enter into a contract with his slave, nor could he accuse him of theft before the law; for, if the slave took anything, this was not a subtraction, but only a displacement, of property.
What you can do to prevent theft from your farm?
He was brought to trial because of misdemeanor theft.
About 40 per cent of car break-ins involve the theft of a mobile phone.
Failing to extract a confession of theft, he resorted to occult methods.
Complete unique mission objectives, including espionage, theft and assassination.
Over 100,000 people in the UK are affected by identity theft each year.
Wells Protect - Cardholders are automatically protected against liability due to fraud and card theft.
You can prevent most types of identity theft from occurring.
His reputation as a rake and gambler was so well established at the very beginning of his career that when he was dismissed from office in 1774 there was a general belief among the vulgar that he had been detected in actual theft.
Industrial schools are chiefly for vagrant and neglected children and children not convicted of theft.
With the theft of dinky pinkie digit from Cynthia's jewelry case, the only tangible proof of an actual body having existed remained in the minds of David and Cynthia Dean, and possibly Martha Boyd.
Perhaps Byrne was afraid someone would connect him to the theft, a fear that would be eliminated by his "death"—a fear that was turning out to be well founded.
Theft of trade secrets and critical technologies -- what we call economic espionage -- costs our nation upwards of $ 250 billion a year.
Issues of cycle theft still persist whereby bikes are left insecure, in view within close areas of tenement buildings.
Since then we have experienced a spate of petty theft.
This works in reverse and can cover other sorts of mishaps as well, such as theft.
The Identity Theft Resource Center and the Federal Trade Commission offer support to victims.
This may involve paying off old debts, making arrangements with creditors, searching for evidence of identity theft, or clearing up incorrect information.
Offenses included affray, possession of drugs and theft.
Datatool, the UK's biggest manufacturer of electronic security for motorcycles, have developed a theft text alert designed specifically for bikes.
Politicians will dismiss a rise in crime figures as " mostly traffic offenses ", whilst becoming quite apoplectic about car theft and joyriding.
Vince knows something's up - and one kidnapping, some grand theft auto and a blazing gun battle later - it's sorted.
Other insurance You are strongly advised to ensure valuable belongings against theft, loss or damage.
The theft follows a number of attempted break-ins over the past week.
Within the past couple of days in my area alone, I have come across three major bungles, including one of identity theft.
Like the small time crooks he was to feature in his films, he supported himself by petty theft.
These acts may involve dishonesty, in which case prosecutions for theft or corruption might also occur, or they may not.
Theft by employees is usually not covered cover against employe dishonesty can be arranged by a separate policy.
The codified criteria of originality (after Young) is no long-standing tradition and the characterisation of use as theft is persuasive rhetorical flourish.
Normative agents fled from known aggressive agents, forgoing social interaction but also forgoing the possibility of theft and a loss to their strength.
A growing type of identity theft is what we are calling criminal identity theft is what we are calling criminal identity theft.
Lastly, a July 2002 article in Scientific American (8) explains how biometrics can be used to prevent identity theft.
The Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the nation.
The legislation is a useful step in protecting SSNs and curbing identity theft.
A growing type of identity theft is what we are calling criminal identity theft.
Companies House have recently introduced measures to prevent corporate identity theft or so called ' Company Hijacking ' .
Rare bird eggs theft investigated The theft of up to 36 rare bird eggs from an Essex country park is being investigated by police.
Theft Of Livestock The coastal marshland and extensive common land meant that the Dengie 100 teemed with livestock especially sheep.
Since interaction matrix elements were reduced only by theft, only non-normative agents faced ostracism.
In Grand Theft Auto, you score points for running over innocent pedestrians.
Twenty-six percent reported theft of proprietary information (an increase of 8% over 1998 ).