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^(key): /θɛft/

Noun

theft (plural thefts)

1. The act of stealing property.

Translations

act of stealing property

• Abkhaz: аӡара (āʒārā)
• Afrikaans: diefstal
• Albanian: vjedhje f
• Arabic: سرقة f (sáriqa)
• Armenian: գողություն (gołutʿyun)
• Azeri: oğurluq (az), soyğun
• Belarusian: крадзеж m (kradzjéž), кража f (kráža)
• Bengali: চুরি (curi)
• Bulgarian: кражба (bg) f (krážba)
• Catalan: robatori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盜竊, 盗窃 (zh) (dàoqiè)

• Czech: krádež f
• Danish: tyveri (da) n
• Dutch: diefstal (nl) f
• Esperanto: ŝtelado
• Estonian: vargus
• Finnish: varkaus (fi)
• French: vol (fr) m
• Georgian: ქურდობა (k’urdoba)
• German: Diebstahl (de) m
• Greek: κλοπή (el) f (klopí)
• Hebrew: גזל
• Hindi: चोरी f (corī)
• Hungarian: lopás (hu)
• Icelandic: þjófnaður (is) m
• Italian: furto (it) m
• Japanese: 盗み (ぬすみ, nusumi)
• Jèrriais: vol m
• Kazakh: ұрлық (urlıq)
• Korean: 도둑질 (ko) (dodukjil), 절도 (jeoldo)
• Latin: furtum n

• Latvian: zādzība f
• Lithuanian: vagystė (lt) f
• Macedonian: кражба f (krážba)
• Maori: whānako
• Marathi: चोरी f (corī)
• Navajo: aniʼį́į́ʼ, aneestʼį́į́ʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tyveri n, tjuveri n

  Nynorsk: tjuveri n

• Persian: دزدی (fa) (dozdi)
• Polish: kradzież (pl) f
• Portuguese: roubo (pt) m, furto (pt) m
• Romanian: furt (ro) m
• Russian: кража (ru) f (kráža), воровство (ru) n (vorovstvó), хищение (ru) n (xiščénije), угон (ru) m (ugón) (esp. of a vehicle)
• Scottish Gaelic: meirle m, gadachd f, goid f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кра̏ђа f

  Roman: krȁđa f

• Slovak: krádež f
• Slovene: kraja (sl) f
• Spanish: robo (es) m, hurto (es) m
• Swahili: wizi (sw)
• Swedish: stöld (sv)
• Telugu: దొంగతనము (te) (doMgatanamu)
• Thai: โจรกรรม (john-rá-gam)
• Turkish: soygun (tr), hırsızlık (tr), çalma (tr)
• Ukrainian: крадіжка (uk) f (kradížka), покража f (pokráža), крадіж (uk) m (krádiž)
• Urdu: چوری f (corī)
• Uzbek: oʻgʻrilik
• Vietnamese: sự trộm cắp (vi), sự ăn trộm (vi)
• Volapük: tif (vo)
• Warlpiri: puru
• Welsh: lladrad (cy) m

Derived terms

• petty theft

Related terms

• thief
• thieve

See also

• nick
• steal
• TWOC