theft

Mane (Îngilîzî)

The act of stealing property.

Hevwate

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

Werger

vol

✈️

Diebstahl

robo

furto

diefstal

hurto

roubo

larcin

κλοπή

furto

سرقة

robatori

ontvreemding

latrocinio

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/θɛft/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: theft

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: þīefþ

Hevwate bi Old Frisian: thiuvethe

Hevwate bi holendî: diefte

Hevwate bi almanî: Diebde

Hevwate bi îzlendî: 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”).