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    <title>theft</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-06-17T20:05:06Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Kasmil</username>
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      <comment>t+sw:[[wizi]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]])</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==English==
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===Etymology===
{{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|þyft|þȳft}}, {{term|þeoft|þēoft|lang=ang}}, earlier {{term|þiefþ|þīefþ}}, {{term|þeofþ|þēofþ}}, from {{proto|Germanic|þeuƀiþā|lang=en}}, from {{proto|Germanic|þeuƀoz|thief|title=}}.  Cognate with Old Norse [[þeoft]], [[þeofð]] and (obsolete) Dutch {{term|diefte}}.  Compare {{term|thief}}, {{term|-th}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK|US}} {{IPA|/θɛft/}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# The act of [[steal|stealing]] property.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of stealing property}}
* Albanian: [[vjedhje]] {{f}}
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[سرقة]]}} {{unicode|(sárieqa)}} {{f}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|krađa|f}}
* [[Campidanese Sardinian]]: [[fura]] {{f}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[robatori]] {{m}}
* Chinese: [[盜竊]], [[盗窃]] (dàoqiè)
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|krađa|f}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|krádež|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tyveri|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|diefstal}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varkaus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vol|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Diebstahl|m}}
* Hindi: [[चोरी]] (ćorī) {{f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lopás}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|furto|m}}
* Japanese: [[盗み]] (ぬすみ, nusumi)
* Korean: [[도둑질]] (dodukjil), [[절도]] (jeoldo)
{{trans-mid}}
* [[Macedonian]]: [[кражба]] (kražba) {{f}}
* [[Marathi]]: [[चोरी]] (ćorī)
* Norwegian: {{t-|no|tyveri|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kradzież|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|roubo|m}}, {{t+|pt|furto|m}}
* Romanian: [[furt]] (m)
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кража|f|tr=kráža|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|meirle|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[крађа#Serbian|крађа]] {{f}}
*: Roman: [[krađa#Serbian|krađa]] {{f}}
* Slovak: {{t-|sk|krádež|f}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|robo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|wizi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stöld}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[దొంగతనము]] (doMgatanamu)
* Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[چوری]]}} (ćorī) {{f}}
* [[Warlpiri]]: [[puru]]
{{trans-bottom}}

====Derived terms====
* [[petty theft]]

====Related terms====
* [[thief]]
* [[thieve]]

====See also====
* [[nick]]
* [[steal]]
* [[TWOC]]

===References===
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