Synonyms for theft
θɛfttheft

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1. theft

   Synonyms:
   robbery, thieving, stealing, pilfering, filching, larceny, depredation

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1. larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun

   the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

   "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

   Synonyms:
   thievery, larceny, thieving, stealth, stealing

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1. • Felony

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1. theftnoun

   Synonyms:
   larceny, robbery, stealing, shoplifting, pilfering, thievery

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1. theftnoun

   Synonyms:
   stealing

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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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1. Riccardo Deserti:

   The problem is, we're talking about rural, artisanal producers, small businesses that are often not equipped with advanced anti-theft systems.

2. Mike Pence:

   Forced technology transfers, intellectual property theft are a reality. President Trump has made it clear that things have to change with China on the structural issues as well as the trade imbalance and we'll continue to stand firm on those.

3. Dwight Eisenhower, April 16, 1953:

   Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

4. Penny Pritzker:

   We got significant outcomes on trade secrets which is a really big issue, this is where China clarified its intent to make preliminary injunctions and meaningful remedies and other judicial protections more easily accessible to those who are confronting trade secret theft ... It's a big deal.

5. Stephane Dujarric:

   The small-scale theft of food escalated into mass looting of warehouses across Kombolcha in recent days, reportedly by elements of the Tigrayan forces and some members of the local population, such harassment of humanitarian staff by armed forces is unacceptable. It undermines the ability of the United Nations and all of our humanitarian partners to deliver assistance when it is most needed.