"thefte" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈθeːft(ə)/, /ˈθɛft(ə)/, /ˈθeːfθ(ə)/, /ˈθɛfθ(ə)/, /ˈθiːft(ə)/ (note: mainly southern ME), /θift(ə)/ (note: mainly southern ME)
Etymology: Inherited from Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō; equivalent to thef + -the (“abstract nominal suffix”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|þīefþ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English þīefþ, {{inh+|enm|ang|þīefþ}} Inherited from Old English þīefþ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*þiubiþu}} Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*þiubiþō}} Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, {{af|enm|thef|-the|id2=abstract nominal|t2=abstract nominal suffix}} thef + -the (“abstract nominal suffix”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} thefte
  1. Theft, stealing, robbery (in general or as an individual instance):
    Financial fraud; the mishandling of money.
    Categories (topical): Crime, Finance
    Sense id: en-thefte-enm-noun-rzTXYXOv Disambiguation of Crime: 48 48 3 Disambiguation of Finance: 34 34 33 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 36 28
  2. Theft, stealing, robbery (in general or as an individual instance):
    Something seen as analogous or equivalent to theft.
    Categories (topical): Crime, Finance
    Sense id: en-thefte-enm-noun-2dwgjCnT Disambiguation of Crime: 48 48 3 Disambiguation of Finance: 34 34 33 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 36 28
  3. Stolen or illegally acquired goods. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-thefte-enm-noun-j0SOVSYO Disambiguation of Finance: 34 34 33 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 37 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal): 26 29 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 36 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: theffte, theft, thifthe, þeefte, þeft, þeofþe, þeuft, þiefþe, þifte, þyefþe

Alternative forms

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