Theft Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Theft Information and Meaning
See also CRIME.
- abaction
- the stealing of whole herds of cattle, as contrasted with a few head. —abactor, n.
- asportation
- unlawful removal of goods from where they are deposited or stored.
- banditry
- the practice of being a bandit.
- bibliokleptomania
- 1. a kleptomania specializing in books.
- 2. the motivations of a biblioklept. —bibliokleptomaniac, n.
- brigandism
- the practice of pillage, often destructive, usually practiced by a band of robbers. Also brigandage. —brigand, n. —brigandish, adj.
- dacoity
- murder and robbery committed by dacoits, a class of criminals in India and Burma.
- despoliation
- a despoiling; an act of robbery on a large scale; pillage.
- direption
- Obsolete, pillage; the act of plundering.
- embezzlement
- the misappropriation of funds that have been entrusted to one for care or management. Also called peculation. —embezzler, n.
- excoriation
- Obsolete, the act of stripping of possessions wrongfully and by force; spoliation or robbery.
- harpaxophobia
- an abnormal fear of robbers.
- kleptomania, cleptomania
- Psychology. an irresistible impulse to steal, especially when the thief can afford to pay. —kleptomaniac, n.
- kleptophobia, cleptophobia
- an abnormal fear of thieves or of loss through thievery.
- ladronism
- 1. SW. U.S. an act of thievery.
- 2. Scots Dialect, blackguardism and roguery. —ladrone, ladron, n.
- peculation
- embezzlement. —peculator, n.
- pilferage
- 1. petty stealing or pilfering.
- 2. the articles stolen in pilfering.
- pillage
- 1. the act of plundering or large scale robbery, usually accompanied by violence as in wartime.
- 2. plundered property; booty.
- piracy
- the act of robbery on the high seas. See also SHIPS. —pirate, n. —piratic, piratical, adj.
- plagiarism
- 1. the verbatim copying or imitation of the language, ideas, or thoughts of another author and representing them as one’s own original work.
- 2. the material so appropriated. Also plagiary. —plagiarist, n. —plagiaristic, adj.
- predation
- the act or process of pillaging or plundering.
- rapacity
- the state or quality of being excessively greedy or given to theft. —rapacious, adj.
- rapine
- the act of pillage or plundering.
- spoliation
- the process of robbing or plundering, especially in time of war and on a large scale. See also CHURCH; SHIPS.
- thievery
- 1. the act or practice of stealing or thieving.
- 2. Rare. the property stolen.