"theft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /θɛft/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theft.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thefts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛft Etymology: 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 + -th or thieve + -th. Cognate with Old Frisian thiuvethe, thiufthe (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|theft}} Middle English theft, {{m|enm|thefte}} thefte, {{m|enm|þefte}} þefte, {{m|enm|þefþe}} þefþe, {{m|enm|þiefþe}} þiefþe, {{inh|en|ang|þīefþ}} Old English þīefþ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þiubiþu}} Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þiubiþō}} Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, {{m|gem-pro|*þeubaz||thief}} *þeubaz (“thief”), {{suffix|en|thief|th}} thief + -th, {{suffix|en|thieve|th}} thieve + -th, {{cog|ofs|thiuvethe}} Old Frisian thiuvethe, {{m|ofs|thiufthe||theft}} thiufthe (“theft”), {{cog|nl|diefte|t=theft}} Dutch diefte (“theft”), {{cog|de|Diebde|t=theft}} German Diebde (“theft”), {{cog|is|þýfð|t=theft}} Icelandic þýfð (“theft”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} theft (countable and uncountable, plural thefts)
  1. The act of stealing property. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime Hypernyms: crime, wrongdoing Derived forms: grand theft, grand theft auto, identity theft, joke theft, petty theft, retail theft, theft by finding, time theft, wage theft Related terms: thief, thieve, nick, steal, TWOC Translations (act of stealing property): аӡара (adzara) (Abkhaz), diefstal (Afrikaans), vjedhje [feminine] (Albanian), κλοπή (klopḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سَرِقَة (sariqa) [feminine] (Arabic), سَرَقَة (saraqa) [feminine] (Arabic), سَرْق (sarq) [masculine] (Arabic), سَرَق (saraq) [masculine] (Arabic), سَرِق (sariq) [masculine] (Arabic), نَهْب (nahb) [masculine] (Arabic), بوق (bōg) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), գողություն (goġutʿyun) (Armenian), հափշտակում (hapʿštakum) (Armenian), առեւանգում (aṙewangum) (Armenian), oğurluq (Azerbaijani), soyğun (Azerbaijani), крадзе́ж (kradzjéž) [masculine] (Belarusian), кра́жа (kráža) [feminine] (Belarusian), চুরি (curi) (Bengali), ikit (Bikol Central), кра́жба (krážba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), furt [masculine] (Catalan), 盜竊 (Chinese Mandarin), 盗窃 (dàoqiè) (Chinese Mandarin), krádež [feminine] (Czech), tyveri [neuter] (Danish), diefstal [feminine] (Dutch), dieverij [feminine] (Dutch), ŝtelado (Esperanto), vargus (Estonian), stuldur [masculine] (Faroese), rán [neuter] (Faroese), varkaus (Finnish), vol [masculine] (French), roubo [masculine] (Galician), ქურდობა (kurdoba) (Georgian), Diebstahl [masculine] (German), 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌹 (þiubi) [neuter] (Gothic), κλοπή (klopí) [feminine] (Greek), גְּנֵבָה (gnevá) [feminine] (Hebrew), גָּזֵל (gazél) [masculine] (Hebrew), theft (Higaonon), चोरी (corī) [feminine] (Hindi), lopás (Hungarian), þjófnaður [masculine] (Icelandic), furto (Ido), goid [feminine] (Irish), furto [masculine] (Italian), 盗み (nusumi) (alt: ぬすみ) (Japanese), 窃盗 (settō) (alt: せっとう) (Japanese), 盗難 (tōnan) (alt: とうなん) [passive] (Japanese), ұрлық (ūrlyq) (Kazakh), 도둑질 (dodukjil) (Korean), 절도 (jeoldo) (alt: 竊盜) (Korean), 훔침 (humchim) (Korean), уурулук (uuruluk) (Kyrgyz), ladronisyo [masculine] (Ladino), furtum [neuter] (Latin), zādzība [feminine] (Latvian), vagystė [feminine] (Lithuanian), кражба (kražba) [feminine] (Macedonian), കളവ് (kaḷavŭ) (Malayalam), മോഷണം (mōṣaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), whānako (Maori), चोरी (corī) [feminine] (Marathi), thefte (Middle English), хулгай (xulgaj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ (qulaɣai) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), aniʼį́į́ʼ (Navajo), aneestʼį́į́ʼ (Navajo), vol [masculine] (Norman), dizî (Northern Kurdish), tyveri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tjuveri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tjuveri [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ଚୋରି (cori) (Odia), þīefþu [feminine] (Old English), سرقت (šerqat) [masculine] (Pashto), سرقه (serqa) [feminine] (Pashto), غلا (ǧlā) [feminine] (Pashto), دُزدی (dozdi) (Persian), kradzież [feminine] (Polish), roubo [masculine] (Portuguese), furto [masculine] (Portuguese), furt [masculine] (Romanian), кра́жа (kráža) [feminine] (Russian), воровство́ (vorovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), хище́ние (xiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), уго́н (ugón) [especially, masculine] (Russian), meirle [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gadachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), goid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), кра̏ђа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krȁđa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krádež [feminine] (Slovak), lúpež [feminine] (Slovak), kraja [feminine] (Slovene), robo [masculine] (Spanish), hurto [masculine] (Spanish), wizi (Swahili), stöld [common-gender] (Swedish), ꠌꠥꠞꠤ (suri) (Sylheti), pagnanakaw (Tagalog), дуздӣ (duzdī) (Tajik), திருட்டு (tiruṭṭu) (Tamil), களவு (kaḷavu) (Tamil), урлау (urlaw) (Tatar), దొంగతనము (doṅgatanamu) (Telugu), โจรกรรม (joo-rá-gam) (Thai), การลักทรัพย์ (gaan-lák-sáp) (Thai), klepe (Tocharian B), soygun (Turkish), hırsızlık (Turkish), çalma (Turkish), ogurlyk (Turkmen), краді́жка (kradížka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), покра́жа (pokráža) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кра́діж (krádiž) [masculine] (Ukrainian), چوری (corī) [feminine] (Urdu), ئوغرىلىق (oghriliq) (Uyghur), oʻgʻrilik (Uzbek), sự trộm cắp (Vietnamese), sự ăn trộm (Vietnamese), tif (Volapük), puru (Warlpiri), lladrad [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "act of stealing property",
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          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bōg",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "goġutʿyun",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "գողություն"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hapʿštakum",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "հափշտակում"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "aṙewangum",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "առեւանգում"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "oğurluq"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "soyğun"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kradzjéž",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "крадзе́ж"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kráža",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кра́жа"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "curi",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "চুরি"
        },
        {
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ikit"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "krážba",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кра́жба"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "furt"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "盜竊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàoqiè",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "盗窃"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krádež"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tyveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diefstal"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dieverij"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ŝtelado"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "vargus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stuldur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rán"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "varkaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vol"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "roubo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kurdoba",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ქურდობა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Diebstahl"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "þiubi",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌹"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "klopí",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κλοπή"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "klopḗ",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κλοπή"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gnevá",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "גְּנֵבָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gazél",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "גָּזֵל"
        },
        {
          "code": "mba",
          "lang": "Higaonon",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "theft"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "corī",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "चोरी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "lopás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "þjófnaður"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "furto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goid"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "furto"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ぬすみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nusumi",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "盗み"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せっとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "settō",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "窃盗"
        },
        {
          "alt": "とうなん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōnan",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "passive"
          ],
          "word": "盗難"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ūrlyq",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ұрлық"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dodukjil",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "도둑질"
        },
        {
          "alt": "竊盜",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeoldo",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "절도"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "humchim",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "훔침"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "dizî"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "uuruluk",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "уурулук"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ladronisyo"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "furtum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zādzība"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vagystė"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kražba",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кражба"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaḷavŭ",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "കളവ്"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "mōṣaṇaṁ",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "മോഷണം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "whānako"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "corī",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "चोरी"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "thefte"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xulgaj",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хулгай"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "qulaɣai",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠬᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "aniʼį́į́ʼ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "aneestʼį́į́ʼ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vol"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tyveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tjuveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tjuveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "cori",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ଚୋରି"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "þīefþu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "šerqat",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سرقت"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "serqa",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سرقه"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "ǧlā",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "غلا"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dozdi",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "دُزدی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kradzież"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "roubo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "furto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "furt"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kráža",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кра́жа"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vorovstvó",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "воровство́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xiščénije",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "хище́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "raw_tags": [
            "of a vehicle"
          ],
          "roman": "ugón",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "especially",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "уго́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meirle"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gadachd"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goid"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кра̏ђа"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krȁđa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krádež"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lúpež"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kraja"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "robo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hurto"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "wizi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stöld"
        },
        {
          "code": "syl",
          "lang": "Sylheti",
          "roman": "suri",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ꠌꠥꠞꠤ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "pagnanakaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "duzdī",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "дуздӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tiruṭṭu",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "திருட்டு"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kaḷavu",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "களவு"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "urlaw",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "урлау"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "doṅgatanamu",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "దొంగతనము"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "joo-rá-gam",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "โจรกรรม"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-lák-sáp",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "การลักทรัพย์"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "klepe"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "soygun"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "hırsızlık"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "çalma"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ogurlyk"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kradížka",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "краді́жка"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pokráža",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "покра́жа"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "krádiž",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кра́діж"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "corī",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "چوری"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "oghriliq",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "ئوغرىلىق"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "oʻgʻrilik"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "sự trộm cắp"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "sự ăn trộm"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "tif"
        },
        {
          "code": "wbp",
          "lang": "Warlpiri",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "word": "puru"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "act of stealing property",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lladrad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/θɛft/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛft"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theft"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "grand theft"
    },
    {
      "word": "grand theft auto"
    },
    {
      "word": "identity theft"
    },
    {
      "word": "joke theft"
    },
    {
      "word": "petty theft"
    },
    {
      "word": "retail theft"
    },
    {
      "word": "theft by finding"
    },
    {
      "word": "time theft"
    },
    {
      "word": "wage theft"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "theft"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English theft",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "thefte"
      },
      "expansion": "thefte",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "þefte"
      },
      "expansion": "þefte",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "þefþe"
      },
      "expansion": "þefþe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "þiefþe"
      },
      "expansion": "þiefþe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "þīefþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þīefþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þiubiþu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þiubiþō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*þeubaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thief"
      },
      "expansion": "*þeubaz (“thief”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "thief",
        "3": "th"
      },
      "expansion": "thief + -th",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "thieve",
        "3": "th"
      },
      "expansion": "thieve + -th",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "thiuvethe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian thiuvethe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "thiufthe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "theft"
      },
      "expansion": "thiufthe (“theft”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "diefte",
        "t": "theft"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch diefte (“theft”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Diebde",
        "t": "theft"
      },
      "expansion": "German Diebde (“theft”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "þýfð",
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      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic þýfð (“theft”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "thefts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "theft (countable and uncountable, plural thefts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "crime"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "wrongdoing"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "thief"
    },
    {
      "word": "thieve"
    },
    {
      "word": "nick"
    },
    {
      "word": "steal"
    },
    {
      "word": "TWOC"
    }
  ],
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms suffixed with -th",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛft",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛft/1 syllable",
        "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Crime"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "resource theft",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Bike theft is on the rise.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A suspect was arrested for the theft of a gold necklace.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 July 5, Charles Hugh Smith, When Lies Become Normal, Is Truth Dead or Just in Hiding?",
          "text": "If you steal a candy bar, you are guilty of theft, regardless of the value.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of stealing property."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stealing",
          "steal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/θɛft/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛft"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "bargain"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "burglary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "heist"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "give-away"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "pinching"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "robbery"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "steal"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "stealing"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "theft"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "thievery"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "five-finger discount"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "midnight requisition"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "moonlight requisition"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:theft",
      "word": "manifest destiny"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ab",
      "lang": "Abkhaz",
      "roman": "adzara",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "аӡара"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "diefstal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vjedhje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sariqa",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَرِقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saraqa",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَرَقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sarq",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَرْق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saraq",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَرَق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sariq",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَرِق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nahb",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نَهْب"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bōg",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بوق"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "goġutʿyun",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "գողություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hapʿštakum",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "հափշտակում"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙewangum",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "առեւանգում"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "oğurluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "soyğun"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kradzjéž",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крадзе́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kráža",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "curi",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "চুরি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ikit"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krážba",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́жба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "盜竊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàoqiè",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "盗窃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krádež"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diefstal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dieverij"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ŝtelado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "vargus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stuldur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rán"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "varkaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vol"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kurdoba",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ქურდობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diebstahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "þiubi",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klopí",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κλοπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "klopḗ",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κλοπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gnevá",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גְּנֵבָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gazél",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גָּזֵל"
    },
    {
      "code": "mba",
      "lang": "Higaonon",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "theft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "corī",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "चोरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "lopás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "þjófnaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "furto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goid"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬすみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nusumi",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "盗み"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "settō",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "窃盗"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうなん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōnan",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "盗難"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūrlyq",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ұрлық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dodukjil",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "도둑질"
    },
    {
      "alt": "竊盜",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeoldo",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "절도"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "humchim",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "훔침"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "dizî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "uuruluk",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "уурулук"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ladronisyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "furtum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zādzība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vagystė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kražba",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кражба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaḷavŭ",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "കളവ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mōṣaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "മോഷണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "whānako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "corī",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "चोरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "thefte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xulgaj",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хулгай"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "qulaɣai",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "aniʼį́į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "aneestʼį́į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tyveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tjuveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tjuveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "cori",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ଚୋରି"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "þīefþu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "šerqat",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سرقت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "serqa",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سرقه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ǧlā",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dozdi",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "دُزدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kradzież"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kráža",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vorovstvó",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "воровство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xiščénije",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хище́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a vehicle"
      ],
      "roman": "ugón",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meirle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gadachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра̏ђа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krȁđa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krádež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lúpež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kraja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "robo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hurto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "wizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stöld"
    },
    {
      "code": "syl",
      "lang": "Sylheti",
      "roman": "suri",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ꠌꠥꠞꠤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "pagnanakaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "duzdī",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "дуздӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tiruṭṭu",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "திருட்டு"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaḷavu",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "களவு"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "urlaw",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "урлау"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "doṅgatanamu",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "దొంగతనము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "joo-rá-gam",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "โจรกรรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-lák-sáp",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "การลักทรัพย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "klepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "soygun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "hırsızlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "çalma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ogurlyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kradížka",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "краді́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokráža",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покра́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krádiž",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́діж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "corī",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "چوری"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "oghriliq",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "ئوغرىلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "oʻgʻrilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "sự trộm cắp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "sự ăn trộm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "tif"
    },
    {
      "code": "wbp",
      "lang": "Warlpiri",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "word": "puru"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of stealing property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lladrad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theft"
}

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