Theft

Definition: Theft

Theft

Noun

1. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International".

Date "theft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Theft

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Theft Punished by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2 Sam. 12:6. If the thief could not pay the fine, he was to be sold to a Hebrew master till he could pay (Ex. 22:1-4). A night-thief might be smitten till he died, and there would be no blood-guiltiness for him (22:2). A man-stealer was to be put to death (21:16). All theft is forbidden (Ex. 20:15; 21:16; Lev. 19:11; Deut. 5:19; 24:7; Ps. 50:18; Zech. 5:3; Matt. 19:18; Rom. 13:9; Eph. 4:28; 1 Pet. 4:15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Military & Defense	An offence against property in which a person, for his own or another's unlawful gain, takes away moveable property belonging to another person with the object of permanently depriving the owner of it. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Theft

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Theft, in law, is usually the broadest term for a crime against property. It is a general term that encompasses offences such as burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, and/or criminal conversion. Legally, theft is generally considered to be synonymous with larceny.

In the common law theft is usually defined as the unauthorised taking or use of someone else's property with the intent to deprive the owner or the person with rightful possession of that property or its use.

As with other common law crimes, it is composed of two elements, the actus reus — the unauthorized taking or use — and the intent to deprive — the mens reas. Thus if one goes to a restaurant and by accident one takes someone else's hat or scarf instead of one's own hat or scarf, one has deprived someone of the use of their property and has taken the other person's property in an unauthorized manner, but without the intent to deprive the person (hum, this is a much nicer scarf than mine or he'll never notice the spot on the hat until he gets home) there is no criminal act (actus reus) and thus no crime. Note that there may be civil liability, by depriving someone of their property you may be liable for damages in a civil court, but without proof of your intent to deprive, no criminal act has occurred.

Synonyms: Theft

Synonyms: larceny (n), stealing (n), thievery (n), thieving (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Theft

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deception	Trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem; (artifice); confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft; ballot-box stuffing barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game; shell game, thimblerig; skin game.
Stealing	Noun: stealing; Verb: theft, thievery, latrociny, direption; abstraction, appropriation; plagiary, plagiarism; autoplagiarism; latrocinium.
Taking	Rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism; theft;.
Thief	Gang, gang of thieves, theft ring; organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Theft

English words defined with "theft": automobile insurance ♦ car insurance, cop ♦ Furacious, Furacity ♦ glom, Grab game ♦ Hermes, hook ♦ knock off ♦ Latrociny ♦ Michery ♦ Panel house, Pickery, Pierre Joseph Proudhon, Pilfering, Pilfery, Proudhon ♦ security, security measures, security staff, snitch ♦ thieve. (references)

Specialty definitions using "theft": Abandon fait larron, aggravated theft, ARMORED-CAR GUARD, armored-car messenger, automobile inspector ♦ Big leagues, BRAHMA, Bushrangers, Business Software Alliance ♦ chief steward/stewardess, computer ethics ♦ DEPUTY SHERIFF, CHIEF, diskless workstation, Drunk ♦ executive steward/stewardess, EXHIBIT-DISPLAY REPRESENTATIVE ♦ Fairy, Federation Against Software Theft, Flint Jack, forcible and violent means ♦ Genubath, Giona, grandfather-father and son file ♦ Halifax Law, high-grading, house steward/stewardess, HUSH MONEY ♦ INSPECTOR, GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, INSPECTOR, MOTOR VEHICLES ♦ janitor, church ♦ KITCHEN STEWARD/STEWARDESS ♦ LAWYER, CRIMINAL, liability of innkeeper, LOST-CHARGE-CARD CLERK ♦ Mahu, Malum in Se, motor-transport inspector ♦ OPERATIONS MANAGER ♦ PARK RANGER, PARK SUPERINTENDENT, Plunder ♦ rail riffles ♦ Sleuth-Hound, software audit, software piracy, software pirate, software theft, SPECIAL AGENT-IN-CHARGE, specimen boss, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, supervisory park ranger ♦ theft by finding, theft of data, theft of found property ♦ warez, weigh-station inspector, WINNINGS. (references)

Etymologies containing "theft": furtive ♦ Klopemania ♦ Michery ♦ Pilfery. (references)

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Modern Usage: Theft

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Oh good, I wanted to add theft, endangerment and insanity to the list of things I did today. (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders) Theft is theft. (Black Rain; writing credit: Craig Bolotin; Warren Lewis) Assault on a police officer, theft of police property, illegal possession of a firearm, five counts of attempted murder. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) Lower your flags and march straight back to England, stopping at every home to beg forgiveness for a hundred years of theft, rape, and murder. (Braveheart; writing credit: Randall Wallace) You know, they arrested me for car theft. My dad's car! (The Young Stranger; writing credit: Robert Dozier)
Movie/TV Titles	Car Theft (1956) The Theft of the Crown Jewels (1914) An Innocent Theft (1912) Theft (1897) Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
Song Titles	Crimson Beard, The (performing artist: Grand Theft Canoe)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Theft

Domain	Title
Books	Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water (reference) The Theft of the Spirit: A Journey to Spiritual Healing (reference) Theft of a Nation (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Grand Theft Auto (reference) Theft Under The Sun (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Grand Theft Auto Box Set [BOX SET] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Custom Lock Dell Latitude C800 Inspiron 8000 Anti Theft Notebook (reference) Fellowes Motion Sensor Alarm Notebook Computer Anti Theft Device (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Theft

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Familiar Quotations: Theft

Author	Quotation
Jacques Pierre Brissot	Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
John Dryden	He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Theft

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There was a theft, a wall scaled, branches of trees broken.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Theft

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		As new car purchases increase so does auto theft. (references)
		Kidnapping, car theft, and robberies to companies are the major concerns. (references)
		Vehicle theft and stealing goods from vehicles concerns all New Zealanders. (references)
Children	Congo	Some have turned to prostitution or petty theft. (references)
	Indonesia	Sixty percent of the children are involved in petty crimes such as theft. (references)
	Kenya	The number of Nairobi's street children was more than 60,000 in 2000, an estimated 20 percent increase from 1999. These children often are involved in theft, drug trafficking, assault, trespassing, and property damage. (references)
Civil Liberties	Israel and the occupied territories	In previous years, Jehovah's Witnesses suffered verbal abuse, assaults, theft, and vandalism; however, no such incidents occurred during the year. (references)
	Somalia	Despite sporadic harassment, including the theft of humanitarian provisions and convoys by militiamen, repatriation generally took place without incident. (references)
	Brunei	In July 2000, the Government briefly detained for questioning local members of a small Islamic group after the group's members in Malaysia reportedly were involved in an arms theft. (references)
Economic History	Albania	Businesses have been targets of extortion, theft, and robbery. (references)
	Ecuador	Illicit payments for official favors and theft of public funds take place frequently. (references)
	Sudan	Amputations for theft and public lashings for alcohol possession were common during the state of emergency. (references)
Human Rights	Burundi	Ntikarahera, who was suspected of theft, died the next day. (references)
	Kazakhstan	Local courts try less serious crimes, such as petty theft and vandalism. (references)
	Nigeria	On July 6, the right hand of Umaru Aliyu was amputated in Sokoto for the theft of a goat. (references)
Political Economy	Bolivia	There were credible reports of abuses by police, including use of excessive force, petty theft, extortion, and improper arrests. (references)
	UKRAINE	Intellectual property rights violations range from petty trademark, geographic indication, and patent theft to industrial scale copyright infringements. (references)
	Sudan	SPLM/SPLA officials were guilty of, or complicit in, theft of property of nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) and U.N. agencies operating in the south. (references)
Political Rights	Haiti	A December 2000 OAS report also described significant candidate intimidation and theft of ballots. (references)
	Georgia	The Vake elections were marred by two incidents of ballot box theft; however, the elections showed improvement over previous elections. (references)
	Jamaica	These problems persisted in the December 1997 election, despite the best efforts of the security forces, which were credited with controlling violence such as the beating of voters, and reducing election malpractice such as the theft of ballot boxes from polling places. (references)
Trade	Benin	Theft of goods from the port of cotonou remains a sizeable problem. (references)
	Eritrea	Although a somewhat cumbersome system can slow clearance of documents, minimal corruption and theft mitigate these problems. (references)
	Benin	Its impact on reducing theft at the port is still hard to measure, but importers still report that pilfering of goods is an ongoing problem. (references)
Travel	Ecuador	Luggage theft occurs frequently at the airport. (references)
	Botswana	Residential burglary and car theft (including car-jacking) are however increasing. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	Theft or street crime is not a serious problem in Saudi Arabia, but normal precautions should be taken. (references)
Worker Rights	Norway	There also have been occasional reports of children from Russia being trafficked into the country to work in petty theft rings. (references)
	Romania	Exploitation includes slavery, forced labor, prostitution, performance in pornographic films, organ theft, or other conditions that violate human rights. (references)
	Ethiopia	After the intervention of the CETU, most of the employees who were fired were allowed to return to work; however, the union leader was dismissed, allegedly for theft. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	FAIRY, n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests. It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children. The fairies are now believed by naturalist to be extinct, though a clergyman of the Church of England saw three near Colchester as lately as 1855, while passing through a park after dining with the lord of the manor. The sight greatly staggered him, and he was so affected that his account of it was incoherent. In the year 1807 a troop of fairies visited a wood near Aix and carried off the daughter of a peasant, who had been seen to enter it with a bundle of clothing. The son of a wealthy bourgeois disappeared about the same time, but afterward returned. He had seen the abduction been in pursuit of the fairies. Justinian Gaux, a writer of the fourteenth century, avers that so great is the fairies' power of transformation that he saw one change itself into two opposing armies and fight a battle with great slaughter, and that the next day, after it had resumed its original shape and gone away, there were seven hundred bodies of the slain which the villagers had to bury. He does not say if any of the wounded recovered. In the time of Henry III, of England, a law was made which prescribed the death penalty for "Kyllynge, wowndynge, or mamynge" a fairy, and it was universally respected.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Theft

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	That disposition to theft with which they have been branded, must be ascribed to their situation, and not to any depravity of the moral sense.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Only in this case, it's not flattery, but grand larceny--the intellectual theft of ideas that you and I recognize as our own.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Theft

"Theft" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.26% of the time. "Theft" is used about 1,304 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.26%	1,203	6,445
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.37%	57	44,859
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.45%	32	61,292
Noun (proper)	0.54%	7	133,076
Noun (common)	0.38%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	1,304	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Theft

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "theft".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Genubath	N/A	Biblical	Theft
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Theft

Expressions using "theft": aggravated theft ♦ car theft ♦ federation Against Software Theft ♦ petty theft ♦ software theft ♦ theft by finding ♦ theft of data ♦ theft of found property. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "theft": theft-murders, theft-resistant.
	Ending with "theft": anti-theft.
	Containing "theft": anti-theft device.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Theft

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
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grand theft auto	5,821	5 auto grand theft	255
auto cheat city grand theft vice	5,063	cheat code for grand theft auto	248
grand theft auto 3	3,519	auto cheat city grand ps2 theft vice	221
grand theft auto 3 cheat	2,359	auto city grand pc theft vice	196
auto cheat city code grand theft vice	1,257	employee theft	181
identity theft	1,184	grand theft auto download	173
auto city code grand theft vice	1,138	grand theft auto iii cheat	162
grand theft auto cheat	835	grand theft auto code	152
cheat code for grand theft auto 3	684	auto city grand sin theft	141
auto city grand theft through vice walk	634	auto theft	139
grand theft auto 3 code	611	auto city download grand theft vice	138
4 auto grand theft	585	grand theft auto3	137
grand theft auto iii	534	andreas auto grand san theft	134
grand theft	482	auto city grand hidden package theft vice	131
grand theft auto 3 ps2 cheat	457	download grand theft auto 3	120
auto cheat city grand pc theft vice	421	car theft	119
grand theft auto 2	374	auto city grand hint theft vice	116
auto city grand map theft vice	366	grand theft auto demo	115
theft	359	auto city demo grand theft vice	113
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Theft

Language		Translations for "theft"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vjedhje (abduction, burglary, larceny, lift, peculation, picking, pinch, rapine, robbery, steal, stealing, stealth, thievery, trousering), rrëmbim (abduction, aggravation, derogation, despoilment, despoliation, grab, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, rape, rapine, ravishment), gjëra të vjedhura (stealing). (various references)

Arabic		‏سرقة (larceny, lift, pilfering, pinch, plunder, robbery, steal, stealing, stealthiness, stick up, thievery, trash). (various references)

Bulgarian		кражба (job, larceny, lift, pinch, rip off, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery), обир (burglary, plunder, plunderage, robbery, stickup). (various references)

Chinese		偷窃 (Larcenies, larceny, Pilfer, Pilfered, Pilfering), 偷竊 (steal). (various references)

Czech		krádež (larceny, robbery). (various references)

Danish		tyveri (abstraction). (various references)

Dutch		ontvreemding (abstraction), diefstal (abstraction). (various references)

Esperanto		ŝtelo (abstraction). (various references)

Farsi		سرقت (Larceny, Lift, Prowl, Robbery, Thievery), دزدی (Burglary, Larceny, Lift, Nip, Robbery, Thievery). (various references)

Finnish		varkaus (larceny, stealing). (various references)

French		vol (thievery). (various references)

Frisian		dieverij (abstraction). (various references)

German		Diebstahl (abstraction, burglary, larceny, pilfering, plunder, thievery, thieving), entwendung (larceny, misappropriation, petty larceny, petty theft, purloining, stealing), Dieb (burglar, filcher, larcenist, mugger, pilferer, plunder, purloiner, scrounger, thief, thieve). (various references)

Greek		κλοπή (crib, heist, larceny, piracy, robbery, steal, stealing, stealth, thievery). (various references)

Hebrew		�'� ב�" (larceny, pilferage, robbery, thievery). (various references)

Hungarian		lopás (filch, heist, larcenous action, larceny, nick, pinch, snap, steal, stealing, stealth, thievery), betörés (breaking in, burglary, burgle, crack, heist, incursion, invasion). (various references)

Indonesian		pencurian (larceny, looting, rubbing, scam), pencolengan, kecurian (be stolen from, experience a theft). (various references)

Irish		goid (steal). (various references)

Italian		furto (abstraction, larceny, pinch, robbery, search, snatch, stealing, thieving), ladrocinio (robbery, thievery). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		窃盗 (larceny, stealing), 盗難 (robbery), 盗塁 (base stealing), 泥�' (burglar, robber, thief). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぬすみとり, どろぼう (burglar, robber, thief), せっしゅ (absorption, adoption, assimilation, inoculation, intake, larceny, moderation in drink, poor defense, sobriety, stealing, temperance, vaccination), せっとうざい (larceny, stealing), せっとうは�" (larceny, stealing), せっとう (larceny, prefix, stealing), とうな�" (robbery, south-east), とうるい (base stealing, saccharides, sweeteners), ちゅうとう (average, capital of column, medium quality, middle class, Middle East, mid-winter, robber, second grade, secondary grade). (various references)

Korean		도둑질. (various references)

Manx		sladdagh (plunder, robbery), maarlys (burglary), maarliaght, maarleeys (marauding, stealing), gaddeeaght (larceny, thieving). (various references)

Papiamen		robo (abstraction). (various references)

Pig Latin		eftthay

Portuguese		roubo (abstraction, burglary, filch, haul, housebreaking, marble, pilferage, ravishment, robbery, spoil, spoliation, stealing, thievery), furto (abstraction, filch, larceny, petty theft, picking, thievery). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		roubo. (various references)

Romanian		sustragere (abstraction, avoidance, removal), pungãşie (confiscation, do, falseness, fraud, knavery, rascality, snap, swindle, thievery), prãdãciune (marauding, plunder, robbery), mâncãtorie (defalcation, sapping, slander, waste), hoţie (burglary, robbery, stealing, stealth, thievery), furt (abstraction, burglarious, burglary, defalcation, embezzlement, job, larceny, lift, robbery, stealth, thievery), furat (stealing, stolen, thieving), şterpelealã. (various references)

Russian		кража (heist, larceny, lift, pinch, robbery, steal, thievery). (various references)

Scottish		slad (booty, plunder, rob, robbery), meirle, braid. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lopovluk (thievery, thieving), krađa (larceny, pickings, pinch, snitch, stealing, thievery). (various references)

Spanish		robo (abstraction, job, ravishment, robbery, stealing, thievery), hurto (larceny, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, shoplifting, stealing, swag, thievery). (various references)

Sranan		fufuru (abstract, abstraction, steal). (various references)

Swedish		stöld (abstraction, larceny, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery). (various references)

Thai		สิ่งที่ถูกขโมย, การขโมย (thievery). (various references)

Turkish		hirsizlik (abstraction), hırsızlık (burglary, heist, hijack, hijacking, larceny, pilferage, rip off, robbery, shoplifting, shop-lifting, steal, thievery), aşırma (crib, passing over, petty larceny, picking, picking and stealing), çalma (abstraction, blow, defalcation, knock, larceny, pilferage, playing, rendering, rendition, stealing, strike, tendency). (various references)

Turkmen		talaсзylyk, talaс, ogurlyk, ogrulyk. (various references)

Ukranian		крадіжка (larceny, rip off, robbery, steal, stealing, stealth, thievery), крадене. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự trộm cắp, sự ăn trộm (robbery, thievery). (various references)

Welsh		lladrad (robbery). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Theft

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	furta, furti, furtis, furto, furtum, furtumque. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	larrecin. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Theft

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 33
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai epakousetai moi h dikaiosunh mou en th hmera th aurion oti estin o misqoV mou enwpion sou pan o ean mh h ranton kai dialeukon en taiV aixin kai faion en toiV arnasin keklemmenon estai par' emoi
Latin	405	Vulgate	Respondebitque mihi cras iustitia mea quando placiti tempus advenerit coram te et omnia quae non fuerint varia et maculosa et furva tam in ovibus quam in capris furti me arguent
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	So shall my rightwesnes answere for me: when the tyme commeth that I shall receaue my rewarde of the: So that what soeuer is not speckeld and partie amonge the gootes and blacke amonge the lambes let that be theft with me.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be accounted stolen with me.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Theft

Language	Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 33
Cebuano	Niini magatubag alang kanako ang akong pagkamatarung sa panahon nga moabut kanako ang suhol ko sa atubangan mo: ang tanan nga dili binugkan ni kabang sa mga kanding, ug sa bulok nga maitum-itum sa mga carnero, nga hikaplagan mo kanako pagaisipon mo nga kinawat nako.
Croatian	A ubuduæe kad budeš svojim oèima provjeravao moju naplatu, moje æe poštenje biti svjedok za mene: naðe li se meðu mojim kozama ijedna koja ne bude šarena ili naprugana, ili meðu ovcama koja ne bi bila garava, neka se smatra ukradenom!"
Danish	i Morgen den Dag skal min Retfærdighed vidne for mig: Når du kommer og syner den Hjord, der skal være min Løn, da er alle de" Geder, som ikke er spættede eller blakkede, og de Får, som ikke er sorte, stjålet af mig."
Dutch	Zo zal mijn gerechtigheid op den dag van morgen met mij betuigen, als gij komen zult over mijn loon, voor uw aangezicht; al wat niet gespikkeld en geplekt is onder de geiten en bruin onder de lammeren, dat zij bij mij gestolen.
Finnish	ja siinä minun rehellisyyteni tulee toteennäytetyksi: kun vasta tulet omin silmin katsomaan minun palkkaani, niin kaikki vuohet, jotka eivät ole pilkullisia eivätkä kirjavia, ja kaikki karitsat, jotka eivät ole mustia, katsottakoon minun varastamikseni."
French	Ma droiture répondra pour moi demain, quand tu viendras voir mon salaire; tout ce qui ne sera pas tacheté et marqueté parmi les chèvres, et noir parmi les agneaux, ce sera de ma part un vol.
German	So wird meine Gerechtigkeit zeugen heute oder morgen, wenn es kommt, daß ich meinen Lohn von dir nehmen soll; also daß, was nicht gefleckt oder bunt unter den Ziegen und nicht schwarz sein wird unter den Lämmern, das sei ein Diebstahl bei mir.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Di kemudian hari dengan mudah dapat Paman ketahui apakah saya telah berlaku jujur. Bilamana Paman datang untuk memeriksa upah saya, dan melihat ada kambing yang tidak berbintik-bintik atau belang, atau domba yang tidak hitam, Paman akan tahu bahwa binatang itu telah saya curi."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka kebenaranku itu kelak menjadi saksi akan daku pada hari esok, apabila engkau datang memeriksai upahku: tiap-tiap suatu yang tiada berintik atau berbelang di antara segala kambing dan yang warna perang di antara segala domba itu, ia itulah akan dibilangkan curianku.
Italian	In futuro la mia stessa onest� risponder� per me; quando verrai a verificare il mio salario, ogni capo che non sar� punteggiato o chiazzato tra le capre e di colore scuro tra le pecore, se si trover� presso di me, sar� come rubato».
Maori	Penei ka whakatikaia ahau e toku tika apopo ake nei, ina tae atu ki tou aroaro ki te utu moku: ko nga mea i roto i nga koati kahore nei he tongitongi, kahore he purepure, me nga mea kahore e pakaka i roto i nga hipi, he mea tahae tena naku.
Norwegian	Og min ærlighet skal vidne for mig, når du siden engang kommer og ser over min lønn. Finnes det hos mig nogen gjet som ikke er flekket og spraglet, og noget får som ikke er sort, så er det stjålet.
Portuguese	De modo que responderá por mim a minha justiça no dia de amanhã, quando vieres ver o meu salário assim exposto diante de ti: tudo o que não for salpicado e malhado entre as cabras e escuro entre as ovelhas, esse, se for achado comigo, será tido por furtado.
Rumanian	Iatq cum se va dovedi cinstea mea: deacum kncolo, cknd ai sq vii sq-mi vezi simbria, tot ce nu va fi sein wi pestriy kntre capre wi negru kntre miei, wi se va gqsi la mine, sq fie socotit ca furat.``
Spanish	Así será constatada mi honradez en el futuro, cuando tomes en cuenta mi salario: Toda cabra que no sea pintada o salpicada y toda oveja que no sea de color oscuro, que esté conmigo, será considerada como robada.
Swedish	Och när du framdeles kommer för att med egna ögon se vad som har blivit min lön, då skall min rättfärdighet vara mitt vittne; alla getter hos mig, som icke äro spräckliga eller brokiga, och alla får hos mig, som icke äro svarta, de skola räknas såsom stulna."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Theft

Derivations
	Words beginning with "theft": thefts. (additional references)
	Words ending with "theft": antitheft. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Theft" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tef, tefft, teft, theaft, theat, theef, theet, thef, theift, thelt, thet, theth, thieft, t'hooft, thuf, treft, Tuhafut. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Theft"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "theft" (pronounced the"ft)
4	th e" f t	antitheft.
3	-e" f t	bereft, cleft, deft, heft, left.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Theft

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-h-t-t"
	-1 letter: heft, teth.
	-2 letters: eft, eth, feh, fet, het, tet, the.
	-3 letters: ef, eh, et, he.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-h-t-t"
	+1 letter: thefts.
	+2 letters: fitchet, twelfth.
	+3 letters: farthest, fiftieth, fitchets, fortieth, furthest, heftiest, twelfths.
	+4 letters: aftermath, antitheft, fetishist, fifteenth, fiftieths, filthiest, flechette, fortieths, frothiest, heartfelt, hotfooted, shiftiest, thriftier.
	+5 letters: afterbirth, aftermaths, butterfish, cuttlefish, fetishists, fianchetti, fianchetto, fifteenths, flechettes, flightiest, fourteenth, interfaith, shipfitter, stepfather, thereafter, thriftiest, thriftless.
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