theft
noun /θeft/
/θeft/
[uncountable, countable]- theft (of something) the crime of stealing something from a person or place
- car theft
- Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.
- A number of thefts have been reported recently.
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2- She admitted the theft of three pairs of shoes.
- They are accused of theft from a newsagent's shop.
- a spate of thefts over the Christmas period
- the crime of attempted theft
- the wholesale theft of copyrighted music
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- petty
- grand
- attempted
- …
- series
- spate
- string
- …
- theft from
- theft of
Word OriginOld English thīefth, thēofth, of Germanic origin; related to thief.