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theft

Dishonest appropriation of another's property with the intention of depriving him or her of it permanently.

In the US it is an informal name for the crime of larceny.



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This would have made the theft much more difficult than Mynheer Isaac had at first expected.
A WOLF accused a Fox of theft, but the Fox entirely denied the charge.
"And I answer," retorted the impenetrable lawyer, "that the suspicion of theft rests on your Ladyship's adopted daughter, and on nobody else.
 
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