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  • stealing, pillage

  • misappropriation, embezzlement

  • misappropriation, embezzlement

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279 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ θˈɛft], [ θˈɛft], [ θ_ˈɛ_f_t]

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  • n.

    • hijacking,
    • hold up,
    • carjacking,
    • breaking and entering,
    • grand larceny,
    • identity theft,
    • break in.

    • steal,
    • Crimes.

    burglary (noun)

    • breaking entering,
    • secondstory work,
    • housebreakings,
    • filchings,
    • second story work,
    • safecrackings,
    • second story works,
    • owl jobs,
    • second-story works,
    • secondstory works,
    • breakin,
    • thievings.

    contraband (noun)

    • swag,
    • rumrunning,
    • bootlegging,
    • rum-running,
    • wetbacking.

    depredation (noun)

    • laying waste,
    • sackings,
    • spoliations,
    • spoliation.

    embezzlement (noun)

    • mis appropriation,
    • mis applications,
    • purloinings,
    • mis-applications,
    • mis appropriations,
    • pilferings,
    • mis application,
    • mis-appropriations,
    • mis-application,
    • mis-appropriation.

    extortion (noun)

    • ex action,
    • ex-action,
    • ex-actions,
    • ex actions.

    heist (noun)

    • five finger discounts,
    • fivefinger discount,
    • five finger discount,
    • five-finger discounts,
    • fivefinger discounts.

    Other relevant words: (noun)

    • underworld,
    • mortal sin,
    • armed robbery,
    • despoliation,
    • housebreaking,
    • holdup,
    • rapacity,
    • defalcations,
    • piracy,
    • owl job,
    • Skimmings,
    • illicit scheme,
    • thieving,
    • exploitation,
    • racket,
    • Freebooting,
    • liftings,
    • copyings,
    • lawlessness,
    • safecracking,
    • rip-off,
    • lootings,
    • muggings,
    • abduction,
    • larceny,
    • Pirating,
    • embezzlement,
    • burglary,
    • extortion,
    • hijackings,
    • depredation,
    • literary theft,
    • pilferage,
    • purse-snatching,
    • peculation,
    • second-story work,
    • five-finger discount,
    • heist,
    • peculations,
    • buccaneering,
    • ripoff,
    • defalcation,
    • plagiarism,
    • falsifications,
    • unlawful act,
    • contraband,
    • falsification,
    • stickup,
    • Cribbing,
    • swashbuckling.

    piracy (noun)

    • buccaneerings,
    • piratings,
    • commandeerings,
    • freebootings,
    • swashbucklings.

    plagiarism (noun)

    • cribbings,
    • literary thefts.

    racket (noun)

    • dis-honesties,
    • dis honesty,
    • under-world,
    • swindlings,
    • dis-honesty,
    • under worlds,
    • dis honesties,
    • under world,
    • illicit schemes,
    • under-worlds.

    robbery (noun)

    • pocket-picking,
    • credit-card misuse.

    stealing (noun)

    • thievery,
    • robbery,
    • shoplifting.

    stickup (noun)

    • armed robberies.

    theft (noun)

    • banditry,
    • hijack,
    • abstraction,
    • blackmail,
    • stealing.
  • v.

    Other relevant words: (verb)

    • plunder.
  • Other synonyms:

    • rip off,
    • smuggling,
    • shakedown,
    • exaction,
    • pillage,
    • kleptomania.

    • stick up.

    bribe

    • hush money.

    robbery

    • usury.

    Other relevant words (noun):

    • catch,
    • cheating,
    • Pocketing,
    • bubble,
    • rob,
    • defraud,
    • fetch,
    • stolen property,
    • snitch,
    • infringement,
    • trick,
    • mugging,
    • possession,
    • confidence trick,
    • filch,
    • sacking,
    • hustle,
    • petit larceny,
    • bunko game,
    • mob,
    • Pilfering,
    • wile,
    • shell game,
    • burglar,
    • deprive,
    • hoax,
    • break-in,
    • usurpation,
    • bite,
    • Swindling,
    • Defrauding,
    • misappropriation,
    • copying,
    • gang,
    • poach,
    • Hocus,
    • blind,
    • Lifting,
    • pry,
    • Filching,
    • plundering,
    • misapplication,
    • Swiping,
    • deceive,
    • embezzle,
    • ravage,
    • fake,
    • reef,
    • burgle,
    • taking away,
    • scrounging,
    • victimize,
    • pinch,
    • purloin,
    • juggle,
    • organized crime,
    • artifice,
    • graft,
    • taking possession,
    • act of stealing,
    • Latrociny,
    • plagiarize,
    • conversion,
    • reception,
    • Appropriating,
    • reach,
    • Snatching,
    • misusing,
    • delude,
    • secrecy,
    • thieve,
    • feint,
    • thimblerig,
    • LATROCINIUM,
    • panel game,
    • autoplagiarism,
    • fleece,
    • sack,
    • stealth,
    • ransacking,
    • sticking up,
    • deprivation,
    • vandalism,
    • Purloining,
    • job,
    • stratagem,
    • stacked deck,
    • appropriation,
    • act of larceny,
    • sneak,
    • loot,
    • rape,
    • Plagiarizing,
    • misuse,
    • Nicking,
    • plant,
    • artful dodge,
    • holding up,
    • crime,
    • imitation,
    • Boosting,
    • bamboozle,
    • grab,
    • taking,
    • Vampirism,
    • despoil,
    • mafia,
    • ransack,
    • loaded dice,
    • burgling,
    • annexation,
    • creep,
    • snatch,
    • petty larceny,
    • Robbing,
    • Claiming,
    • score,
    • skin game,
    • seek,
    • liberation,
    • Plagiary,
    • pillaging,
    • touch,
    • Infringing,
    • Direption,
    • rapine,
    • snitching,
    • poaching,
    • conveyance,
    • caper,
    • acquisition,
    • cheat,
    • swindle,
    • la cosa nostra,
    • fraud,
    • Double dealing,
    • Pinching,
    • peculate,
    • looting,
    • lift,
    • chicane,
    • rapaciousness.

How to use «Theft» in context?

Theft is an act of taking something that does not belong to the person taking it. Theft can be intentional or unintentional. When theft is intentional, the person taking the item thief hopes to permanently deprive the victim of the item or money. Theft can also be unintentional, when a person borrows something and does not intend to give it back.

Paraphrases for Theft:

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  • Equivalence

    • Proper noun, singular
      stealing.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      larceny, stealing.
  • Reverse Entailment

    • Proper noun, singular
      robbery.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      hijacking, robbery, rustling, shoplifting.
  • Independent

    • Proper noun, singular
      stolen.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      abduction, diversion, encroachment, impersonation, kidnapping, pillaging, plundering, subtraction, Usurping, carjacking, break-in.
  • Other Related

    • Proper noun, singular
      flight, flights.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      burglary, embezzlement, flight, fraud, looting, misappropriation, thief, usurpation.

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  1. List of paraphrases for «theft»:

    vol, robbery, flight, larceny, flights, robo, usurpation, stolen, burglary, stealing, vols, rustling, flying, anti-theft, looting

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How to use theft in a sentence?

  1. Margaret Stock:

    The administration is deporting as many criminal aliens as possible for the numbers, but it does n’t take into account military service, most people also don’t understand how complicated immigration law really is and how easy it is to run afoul of these complex laws. Making matters worse, Margaret Stock said, is that defendants in deportation cases are not automatically given attorneys and often ca n’t afford to hire their own, resulting in many being wrongfully deported. Any lawful permanent resident, veteran or not, can be deported upon conviction of a crime that falls under the extremely broad umbrella of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude. This can be either a misdemeanor or felony, and typically includes anything from assault, fraud and perjury to robbery, theft and bribery. The rulings are often viewed by immigration lawyers as arbitrary and the immigration code now includes scores of petty offenses listed alongside the severe ones, all punishable by deportation. Still, the federal government is very deliberate in its review of cases involving veterans, insisted Gillian Christensen, spokeswoman for the U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE).

  2. Dwight D. Eisenhower:

    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired in the final analysis, is a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, who are cold and not clothed.

  3. Brent Weisberg:

    No final charging decisions have been made regarding the individuals identified as potential suspects in the burglary and theft.

  4. Fifth Avenue:

    It is no different than Watergate, except a much more important location, it is the same theft—just modern day.

  5. Lopez Obrador:

    It would be easy to open the pipes and say: ‘The situation is normal again,’ but we will not knowingly allow the theft to persist… We’ll resist all pressures, whatever they are.


Translations for theft

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  • аӡараAbkhaz
  • diefstalAfrikaans
  • سرقةArabic
  • soyğun, oğurluqAzerbaijani
  • кража, крадзежBelarusian
  • кражбаBulgarian
  • চুরিBengali
  • robatoriCatalan, Valencian
  • krádežCzech
  • lladradWelsh
  • tyveriDanish
  • DiebstahlGerman
  • κλοπήGreek
  • ŝteladoEsperanto
  • robo, hurtoSpanish
  • vargusEstonian
  • دزدیPersian
  • varkausFinnish
  • volFrench
  • meirle, gadachd, goidScottish Gaelic
  • גזלHebrew
  • चोरीHindi
  • lopásHungarian
  • գողությունArmenian
  • furteInterlingue
  • þjófnaðurIcelandic
  • furtoItalian
  • 盗みJapanese
  • ქურდობაGeorgian
  • ұрлықKazakh
  • 도둑질, 절도Korean
  • furtumLatin
  • vagystėLithuanian
  • zādzībaLatvian
  • whānakoMāori
  • кражбаMacedonian
  • चोरीMarathi
  • tjuveri, tyveriNorwegian
  • diefstalDutch
  • tjuveriNorwegian Nynorsk
  • aneestʼį́į́ʼ, aniʼį́į́ʼNavajo, Navaho
  • kradzieżPolish
  • furto, rouboPortuguese
  • furtRomanian
  • кража, угон, воровство, хищениеRussian
  • krȁđa, кра̏ђаSerbo-Croatian
  • krádežSlovak
  • krajaSlovene
  • vjedhjeAlbanian
  • stöldSwedish
  • wiziSwahili
  • దొంగతనముTelugu
  • โจรกรรมThai
  • çalma, hırsızlık, soygunTurkish
  • крадіжка, крадіж, покражаUkrainian
  • چوریUrdu
  • oʻgʻrilikUzbek
  • ăn trộm, trộm cắpVietnamese
  • tifVolapük
  • 盗窃Chinese

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  • break in
  • burglary
  • crime
  • embezzlement
  • extortion
  • fraud
  • heist
  • holdup
  • larceny
  • looting
  • mugging
  • piracy
  • robbery
  • shoplifting
  • thievery
  • vandalism
  • annexation
  • appropriation
  • caper
  • cheating
  • deprivation
  • grab
  • hustle
  • job
  • lift
  • peculation
  • pilferage
  • pillage
  • pinch
  • plunder
  • racket
  • rapacity
  • ripoff
  • score
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • steal
  • stickup
  • swindle
  • thieving
  • touch
  • defrauding
  • pilfering
  • purloining
  • robbing
  • swindling

On this page you’ll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to theft, such as: break in, burglary, crime, embezzlement, extortion, and fraud.

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The horse theft set into motion a series of events that would lead to Bill Gates being ridiculously accused of wanting to implant millions of unwitting Americans with a microchip containing the mark of the beast in 2020.

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WORDS RELATED TO THEFT

  • appropriation
  • kidnapping
  • rape
  • seizure
  • theft
  • break in
  • breaking and entering
  • caper
  • crime
  • filching
  • heist
  • housebreaking
  • larceny
  • owl job
  • pilferage
  • prowl
  • robbery
  • safecracking
  • second-story work
  • sting
  • theft
  • thieving
  • bootlegging
  • counterfeiting
  • crime
  • dealing
  • goods
  • moonshine
  • piracy
  • plunder
  • poaching
  • rum-running
  • smuggling
  • stuff
  • swag
  • theft
  • trafficking
  • violation
  • wetbacking
  • burglary
  • crime
  • desecration
  • desolation
  • despoiling
  • laying waste
  • marauding
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • rapine
  • ravaging
  • robbery
  • sacking
  • spoliation
  • stealing
  • theft
  • wasting
  • depredation
  • destruction
  • pillage
  • piracy
  • theft
  • abstraction
  • appropriation
  • defalcation
  • filching
  • fraud
  • larceny
  • misapplication
  • misappropriation
  • misuse
  • peculation
  • pilferage
  • pilfering
  • purloining
  • skimming
  • theft
  • thieving

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Etymology

Rhymes with Theft

  • kreft
  • cleft
  • bereft
  • tefft
  • neft
  • left
  • deft

How do you pronounce theft?

Pronounce theft as θɛft.

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