An instance of stealing; a theft. Obsolete.

Theft, an act of theft; = purloining, n.

Criminals' slang. An act of theft or robbery, esp. (in early use) of pickpocketing; a sum of money or an item acquired by theft. Cf. touch, v. 21a.

The act, or an act, of stealing; a theft; the thing stolen or purloined. Chiefly U.S. colloquial.

An act of lifting or stealing; in older use, †a shift, trick. Obsolete exc. dialect.