theft

(Engels)

The act of stealing property.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/θɛft/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: theft

Geërf van Old English: þīefþ

Verwante met Old Frisian: thiuvethe

Verwante met Nederlands: diefte

Verwante met Duits: Diebde

Verwante met Yslands: þýfð

In summary

From Middle English theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe, Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”), equivalent to thief or thieve + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian thiuvethe, thiufthe (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”).

Sinonieme

robbery

stealing

larceny

burglary

thievery

steal

thief

piracy

thieving

pilferage

robber

embezzlement

abstraction

pilfer

crime

plundering

lift

robbing

break-in

stealth

pilfering

burglar

despoilment

act of larceny

praedial larceny

an act of thievery

Empty Quiver

thiefdom

abduction

purloinment

breaking in

caper

cheating

crib

estrangement

filch

flight

✈️

fraud

hijacking

job

kidnapping

looting

misappropriation

peculation

pick-up

pillage

pinch

rip-off

shoplifting

swindling

Vertalings

vol

✈️

Diebstahl

robo

furto

kradzież

diefstal

hurto

roubo

larcin

κλοπή

furto

سرقة

robatori

ontvreemding

latrocinio