theft

[θeft]

Definition:
1. The crime of stealing something from a person or place.
2. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.

Use 'theft' in a sentence:

1. The finder of a wallet who takes it home may be guilty of theft.
2. She admitted theft.
3. They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassments, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.
4. She'd find a way to forgive him for the theft of the money.
5. At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
6. In fact, in this case, the same person could be both a victim and a witness in a particular theft.
7. He's boasted of being involved in the arms theft.
8. Car theft is now reaching epidemic proportions.
9. Data and identity theft becomes more and more common.
10. The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated.
11. Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.
12. The detection rate for motor vehicle theft that year was just 11.7 per cent.
13. Their safety and property are threatened by various crimes: robbery, theft, rape, kidnapping, murder, arson, vandalism and violence.
14. We automatically insure your belongings against fire and theft.
15. Art theft is now part of organised crime.
16. He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of theft.
17. The police have excluded theft as a motive for the murder.
18. He was conditionally discharged after admitting the theft.
19. Secret investigations have netted ninety staff suspected of fraud and theft.
20. Protecting yourself from identity theft is a matter of treating all your personal and financial documents as top secret information.
21. In 1994, Michael Fay, an 18-year-old teenager living in Singapore with his father, was sentenced to caning for theft and vandalism.
22. Are you fully covered for fire and theft?
23. Consider, for example, the benefits of police protection from theft.
24. He was on trial for theft.
25. "He's been arrested for theft and burglary."—"Good grief!"
26. He resigned after being suspected of theft.
27. A young woman admitted three theft charges and was put on probation for two years.
28. The frequency of whale fish theft in the Bering Sea's continental shelf is increasing.
29. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
30. If too much publicity is given to the theft of important works, the works will become too hot to handle and be destroyed.
31. Theft of motor vehicles is up by 15.9%.
32. His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people.
33. You should take out travel insurance covering you and your family against theft.
34. She appeared on six charges of theft.
35. Computer crimes include data theft and pirating software.
36. Over the last decade, auto theft has increased by over 56 percent.
37. It isn't insured against theft.
38. Are we insured against theft?
39. She is serving two years for theft.
40. Our policy offers complete protection against fire and theft.
41. Last year the detection rate for car theft was just 13%.
42. Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police.
43. I reported the theft to the police.
44. She has six previous convictions for theft.