Definition for Theft:

• Act of stealing; private felonious taking of another person's goods; the thing stolen.

Synonyms for Theft:

• n.

  •
  • hijacking,
  • hold up,
  • carjacking,
  • breaking and entering,
  • grand larceny,
  • identity theft,
  • break in.
  •
  • steal,
  • Crimes.
  •burglary (noun)
  • breaking entering,
  • secondstory work,
  • housebreakings,
  • filchings,
  • second story work,
  • safecrackings,
  • second story works,
  • owl jobs,
  • second-story works,
  • secondstory works,
  • breakin,
  • thievings.
  •contraband (noun)
  • swag,
  • rumrunning,
  • bootlegging,
  • rum-running,
  • wetbacking.
  •depredation (noun)
  • laying waste,
  • sackings,
  • spoliations,
  • spoliation.
  •embezzlement (noun)
  • mis appropriation,
  • mis applications,
  • purloinings,
  • mis-applications,
  • mis appropriations,
  • pilferings,
  • mis application,
  • mis-appropriations,
  • mis-application,
  • mis-appropriation.
  •extortion (noun)
  • ex action,
  • ex-action,
  • ex-actions,
  • ex actions.
  •heist (noun)
  • five finger discounts,
  • fivefinger discount,
  • five finger discount,
  • five-finger discounts,
  • fivefinger discounts.
  •piracy (noun)
  • buccaneerings,
  • piratings,
  • commandeerings,
  • freebootings,
  • swashbucklings.
  •plagiarism (noun)
  • cribbings,
  • literary thefts.
  •racket (noun)
  • dis-honesties,
  • dis honesty,
  • under-world,
  • swindlings,
  • dis-honesty,
  • under worlds,
  • dis honesties,
  • under world,
  • illicit schemes,
  • under-worlds.
  •robbery (noun)
  • pocket-picking,
  • credit-card misuse.
  •stealing (noun)
  • thievery,
  • robbery,
  • shoplifting.
  •stickup (noun)
  • armed robberies.
  •theft (noun)
  • banditry,
  • hijack,
  • abstraction,
  • blackmail,
  • stealing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rip off,
  • smuggling,
  • shakedown,
  • exaction,
  • pillage,
  • kleptomania.
  •
  • stick up.
  •bribe
  • hush money.
  •robbery
  • usury.
  •Other relevant words:
  • catch,
  • cheating,
  • Pocketing,
  • bubble,
  • rob,
  • defraud,
  • fetch,
  • stolen property,
  • snitch,
  • infringement,
  • trick,
  • mugging,
  • possession,
  • confidence trick,
  • filch,
  • sacking,
  • hustle,
  • petit larceny,
  • bunko game,
  • mob,
  • Pilfering,
  • wile,
  • shell game,
  • burglar,
  • deprive,
  • hoax,
  • break-in,
  • usurpation,
  • bite,
  • Swindling,
  • Defrauding,
  • misappropriation,
  • copying,
  • gang,
  • poach,
  • Hocus,
  • blind,
  • Lifting,
  • pry,
  • Filching,
  • plundering,
  • misapplication,
  • Swiping,
  • deceive,
  • embezzle,
  • ravage,
  • fake,
  • reef,
  • burgle,
  • taking away,
  • scrounging,
  • victimize,
  • pinch,
  • purloin,
  • juggle,
  • organized crime,
  • artifice,
  • graft,
  • taking possession,
  • act of stealing,
  • Latrociny,
  • plagiarize,
  • conversion,
  • reception,
  • Appropriating,
  • reach,
  • Snatching,
  • misusing,
  • delude,
  • secrecy,
  • thieve,
  • feint,
  • thimblerig,
  • LATROCINIUM,
  • panel game,
  • autoplagiarism,
  • fleece,
  • sack,
  • stealth,
  • ransacking,
  • sticking up,
  • deprivation,
  • vandalism,
  • Purloining,
  • job,
  • stratagem,
  • stacked deck,
  • appropriation,
  • act of larceny,
  • sneak,
  • loot,
  • rape,
  • Plagiarizing,
  • misuse,
  • Nicking,
  • plant,
  • artful dodge,
  • holding up,
  • crime,
  • imitation,
  • Boosting,
  • bamboozle,
  • grab,
  • taking,
  • Vampirism,
  • despoil,
  • mafia,
  • ransack,
  • loaded dice,
  • burgling,
  • annexation,
  • creep,
  • snatch,
  • petty larceny,
  • Robbing,
  • Claiming,
  • score,
  • skin game,
  • seek,
  • liberation,
  • Plagiary,
  • pillaging,
  • touch,
  • Infringing,
  • Direption,
  • rapine,
  • snitching,
  • poaching,
  • conveyance,
  • caper,
  • acquisition,
  • cheat,
  • swindle,
  • la cosa nostra,
  • fraud,
  • Double dealing,
  • Pinching,
  • peculate,
  • looting,
  • lift,
  • chicane,
  • rapaciousness.

Paraphrases for Theft:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    stealing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    larceny, stealing.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    robbery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rustling, robbery, hijacking, shoplifting.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    stolen.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    carjacking, abduction, impersonation, encroachment, Usurping, subtraction, diversion, break-in, kidnapping, pillaging, plundering.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    flight, flights.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    burglary, usurpation, looting, thief, misappropriation, embezzlement, fraud, flight.

Antonyms for Theft:

• n.

  • stealing
    return, offering, lot, bestowal, giving, gift.

Theft Sentence Examples:

• He had betrayed his trust and been guilty of theft.

• Theft has followed theft since Frederick's.