theft

Signification (Anglais)

The act of stealing property.

Concepts

vol

✈️

larcin

spoliation

voleur

pillage

voler

fauche

maraudage

vol prédial

cambrioleur

commettre un vol

crime économique

personne qui dérobe

cambriolage

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Diebstahl

robo

furto

diefstal

hurto

roubo

furto

κλοπή

سرقة

robatori

ontvreemding

latrocinio

hırsızlık

ladrocinio

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɛft/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: theft

Hérité de ancien anglais: þīefþ

Appartenant à Old Frisian: thiuvethe

Appartenant à néerlandais: diefte

Appartenant à allemand: Diebde

Appartenant à islandais: 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”).