theft

English

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Etymology

Old English þȳft, þēoft, earlier þīefþ, þēofþ, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”). Cognate with Old Norse þeoft, þeofð and (obsolete) Dutch diefte. Compare thief, -th.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /θɛft/

Noun

theft (plural thefts)

1. The act of stealing property.

Translations

act of stealing property

Albanian: vjedhje f. Arabic: سرقة (sárieqa) f. Campidanese: fura f. Catalan: robatori m. Chinese: Mandarin: 盜竊 (zh), 盗窃 (zh) (dàoqiè) Czech: krádež (cs) f. Danish: tyveri (da) n. Dutch: diefstal (nl) f. Esperanto: ŝtelado (eo) Finnish: varkaus (fi) French: vol (fr) m. German: Diebstahl (de) m. Hindi: चोरी (hi) (ćorī) f. Hungarian: lopás (hu) Italian: furto (it) m. Japanese: 盗み (ぬすみ, nusumi) Korean: 도둑질 (dodukjil), 절도 (jeoldo) Macedonian: кражба (kražba) f. Marathi: चोरी (ćorī) Norwegian: tyveri (no) n.

Persian: دزدی (fa) (dozdi) Polish: kradzież (pl) f. Portuguese: roubo (pt) m., furto (pt) m. Romanian: furt (m) Russian: кража (ru) (kráža) f. Scottish Gaelic: meirle (gd) m., gadachd (gd) f., goid (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кра̏ђа (sh) f. Roman: krȁđa (sh) f. Slovak: krádež (sk) f. Spanish: robo (es) m., hurto (es) m. Swahili: wizi (sw) Swedish: stöld (sv) Telugu: దొంగతనము (doMgatanamu) Turkish: soygun (tr), hırsızlık (tr) Urdu: چوری (ćorī) f. Volapük: tif (vo) Warlpiri: puru Welsh: lladrad (cy) m.

Derived terms

• petty theft

Related terms

• thief
• thieve

See also

• nick
• steal
• TWOC