theft

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

theft [theft thefts] BrE [θeft] NAmE [θeft] noun uncountable, countable ~ (of sth)
the crime of stealing sth from a person or place
•car theft
•Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.
compare ↑burglary, ↑robbery
see also ↑identity theft, ↑thief

Word Origin:
Old English thīefth, thēofth, of Germanic origin; related to ↑thief.

Example Bank:
•She admitted the theft of three pairs of shoes.
•They are accused of theft from a newsagent's shop.
•a spate of thefts over the Christmas period
•the crime of attempted theft
•the potential victims of identity theft
•the wholesale theft of copyrighted music
•A number of thefts have been reported recently.
•Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.
•There has been a reduction in the number of car thefts.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  larceny, thievery, thieving, stealing