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Synonyms for theft
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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. theftnoun

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

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  1. theftnoun

    Synonyms:
    stealing

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  1. Rachel Caufield:

    This is home of rural populism and it manifests in very different ways on theft and the right, on the left if manifests as a distrust of corporations and economic power.And Hillary Clinton’s message is n’t resonating with those folks in the same way that say Barack Obama’s did. You still have a lot of those folks who were diehard Bernie supporters who will continue to be Bernie supporters and they’re not sure that Hillary Clinton embraces some of the ideological positions that they want to see in their Democratic Party.

  2. Erik Vollebregt:

    The more information, the easier identity theft is and the more valuable the profiles that the hacker can sell to third parties.

  3. Naledi Pandor:

    But, there is also criminality ... because a lot of this is accompanied by theft.

  4. The Police Department:

    During the investigation, it was determined Robert Matthew Van Winkle played a role in the burglary and theft. Mr. Van Winkle is currently renovating the residence adjacent to the property in which the items were stolen. A search warrant was obtained and executed in unincorporated Palm Beach County in which several of the stolen items were recovered at a residence under the care and control of Robert Van Winkle.

  5. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

    The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran officially complained about America to the International Court of Justice for the confiscation and theft of two billion dollars of the property of the central bank, and demanded the condemnation of Washington's anti-Iranian action and compensation for damages.


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