petty theft or thievery

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• theft — n [Old English thiefth]: larceny; broadly: a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent ◇ Theft commonly encompasses by statute a variety of forms of stealing formerly treated as distinct crimes. grand theft: theft of… …   Law dictionary

• theft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. larceny, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. robbery, racket, thievery, larceny, stealing, swindling, swindle, cheating, defrauding, rapacity, fraud, piracy, burglary, pillage, pilfering, plunder,… …   English dictionary for students

• thievery — n. 1. Theft, larceny, stealing, thieving, pilfering, filching, petty robbery, petty larceny. 2. Peculation, embezzlement, theft, fraud, swindling. 3. Plagiarism …   New dictionary of synonyms

• thievery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burglary, robbery, pilfering; see crime 2 , theft . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. theft, robbery, larceny, grand larceny, petty larceny, burglary, stealing, pilfering, shoplifting, kleptomania, embezzlement, swindle. III …   English dictionary for students

• petty larceny — noun larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) • Syn: ↑petit larceny, ↑petty • Ant: ↑grand larceny (for: ↑petit larceny) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• pilfering — n. Stealing, thieving, thievery, larceny, petty theft, petty larceny, pilfery …   New dictionary of synonyms

• larceny — lar·ce·ny / lär sə nē/ n pl nies [modification of Anglo French larcine theft, from Old French larrecin, from Latin latrocinium robbery, from latron latro mercenary soldier, brigand]: the unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property with …   Law dictionary

• thieving — I noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully (Freq. 2) the thieving is awful at Kennedy International • Syn: ↑larceny, ↑theft, ↑thievery, ↑stealing • Derivationally related fo …   Useful english dictionary

• larceny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. theft, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burglary, thievery, robbery; see crime 2 , theft . See Synonym Study at theft . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. stealing, theft, petty larceny, burglary,… …   English dictionary for students

• stealing — noun 1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully (Freq. 1) the thieving is awful at Kennedy International • Syn: ↑larceny, ↑theft, ↑thievery, ↑thieving • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• The Tale of the Body Thief — infobox Book | name = The Tale of the Body Thief title orig = translator = image caption = author = Anne Rice illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = The Vampire Chronicles genre = Horror fiction publisher = Knopf pub… …   Wikipedia