Associations to the word «Theft»

Wiktionary

THEFT, noun. The act of stealing property.
THEFT BY FINDING, noun. (legal) The crime of failing to take reasonable steps to find the owner of property that has been found.

Dictionary definition

THEFT, noun. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats