theft

theft
    n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
         thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn:
         {larceny}, {theft}, {thievery}, {thieving}, {stealing}]
    

Theft \Theft\ (th[e^]ft), n. [OE. thefte, AS.
   [thorn]i['e]f[eth]e, [thorn][=y]f[eth]e, [thorn]e['o]f[eth]e.
   See {Thief}.]
   1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious
      taking and removing of personal property, with an intent
      to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
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   Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the
         owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious;
         every part of the property stolen must be removed,
         however slightly, from its former position; and it must
         be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of
         the thief. See {Larceny}, and the Note under {Robbery}.
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   2. The thing stolen. [R.]
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            If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, .
            . . he shall restore double.          --Ex. xxii. 4.
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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).
    

THEFT, crimes. This word is sometimes used as synonymous with larceny, 
(q.v.) but it is not so technical. Ayliffe's Pand. 581 2 Swift's Dig. 309. 
     2. In the Scotch law, this is a proper and technical word, and 
signifies the secret and felonious abstraction of the property of another 
for sake of lucre, without his consent. Alison, Princ. Cr. Law of Scotl. 
250. 
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "theft":
      acquisition, appropriation, boosting, burglary, caper, claiming,
      embezzlement, filch, filching, grab, heist, hijacking, job,
      larceny, lift, lifting, pilferage, pilfering, pinch, pinching,
      possession, purloining, reception, rip-off, robbery, robbing,
      score, shoplifting, snitching, steal, stealage, stealing, swiping,
      taking, taking away, taking possession, thievery, thieving,
      touch