theft

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• UK, US: /θɛft/
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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”).

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аӡара (adzara) — act of stealing property
• Afrikaans: diefstal — act of stealing property
• Albanian: vith — act of stealing property
• Arabic: سَرِقَة (sariqa) — act of stealing property
• Arabic: سَرَقَة (saraqa) — act of stealing property
• Arabic: سَرْق (sarq) — act of stealing property
• Arabic: سَرَق (saraq) — act of stealing property
• Arabic: سَرِق (sariq) — act of stealing property
• Arabic: نَهْب (nahb) — act of stealing property
• Arabic: بوق (bōg) — act of stealing property
• Armenian: գողություն (goġutʻyun) — act of stealing property
• Armenian: հափշտակում (hapʻštakum) — act of stealing property
• Armenian: առեւանգում (aṙewangum) — act of stealing property
• Azerbaijani: oğurluq — act of stealing property
• Azerbaijani: soyğun — act of stealing property
• Belarusian: крадзе́ж (kradzjéž) — act of stealing property
• Belarusian: кра́жа (kráža) — act of stealing property
• Bengali: চুরি (curi) — act of stealing property
• Central Bikol: ikit — act of stealing property
• Bulgarian: кра́жба (krážba) — act of stealing property
• Catalan: furt — act of stealing property
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜竊 /盗窃 (dàoqiè) — act of stealing property
• Czech: krádež — act of stealing property
• Danish: tyveri — act of stealing property
• Danish: ran — act of stealing property
• Danish: styld — act of stealing property
• Danish: tyvned — act of stealing property
• Dutch: diefstal — act of stealing property
• Dutch: dieverij — act of stealing property
• Esperanto: ŝtelado — act of stealing property
• Estonian: vargus — act of stealing property
• Faroese: stuldur — act of stealing property
• Faroese: rán — act of stealing property
• Finnish: varkaus — act of stealing property
• French: vol — act of stealing property
• Galician: roubo — act of stealing property
• Georgian: ქურდობა (kurdoba) — act of stealing property
• Georgian: მოპარვა (moṗarva) — act of stealing property
• Georgian: ძარცვა (ʒarcva) — act of stealing property
• German: Diebstahl — act of stealing property
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌹 (þiubi) — act of stealing property
• Greek: κλοπή (klopí) — act of stealing property
• Ancient Greek: κλοπή (klopḗ) — act of stealing property
• Hebrew: גְּנֵבָה (gnevá) — act of stealing property
• Hebrew: גָּזֵל (gazél) — act of stealing property
• Higaonon: theft — act of stealing property
• Hindi: चोरी (corī) — act of stealing property
• Hungarian: lopás — act of stealing property
• Icelandic: þjófnaður — act of stealing property
• Ido: furto — act of stealing property
• Indonesian: pencurian — act of stealing property
• Ingrian: varkahus — act of stealing property
• Irish: goid — act of stealing property
• Italian: furto — act of stealing property
• Japanese: 盗み (nusumi) — act of stealing property
• Japanese: 窃盗 (settō) — act of stealing property
• Japanese: 盗難 (tōnan) — act of stealing property
• Kazakh: ұрлық (ūrlyq) — act of stealing property
• Korean: 도둑질 (dodukjil) — act of stealing property
• Korean: 절도 (jeoldo) — act of stealing property
• Korean: 훔침 (humchim) — act of stealing property
• Northern Kurdish: dizî — act of stealing property
• Kyrgyz: уурулук (uuruluk) — act of stealing property
• Ladino: ladronisyo — act of stealing property
• Latin: furtum — act of stealing property
• Latvian: zādzība — act of stealing property
• Lithuanian: vagystė — act of stealing property
• Macedonian: кражба (kražba) — act of stealing property
• Malayalam: കളവ് (kaḷavŭ) — act of stealing property
• Malayalam: മോഷണം (mōṣaṇaṁ) — act of stealing property
• Māori: whānako — act of stealing property
• Marathi: चोरी (corī) — act of stealing property
• Middle English: thefte — act of stealing property
• Mongolian: хулгай (xulgaj) — act of stealing property
• Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ (qulaɣai) — act of stealing property
• Navajo: aniʼį́į́ʼ — act of stealing property
• Navajo: aneestʼį́į́ʼ — act of stealing property
• Norman: vol — act of stealing property
• Norwegian Bokmål: tyveri — act of stealing property
• Norwegian Bokmål: tjuveri — act of stealing property
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjuveri — act of stealing property
• Odia: ଚୋରି (cori) — act of stealing property
• Old English: þīefþu — act of stealing property
• Pashto: سرقت (šerqat) — act of stealing property
• Pashto: سرقه (serqa) — act of stealing property
• Pashto: غلا (ǧlā) — act of stealing property
• Persian: دُزدی (dozdi) — act of stealing property
• Polish: kradzież — act of stealing property
• Portuguese: roubo — act of stealing property
• Portuguese: furto — act of stealing property
• Romanian: furt — act of stealing property
• Russian: кра́жа (kráža) — act of stealing property
• Russian: воровство́ (vorovstvó) — act of stealing property
• Russian: хище́ние (xiščénije) — act of stealing property
• Russian: уго́н (ugón) — act of stealing property
• Scottish Gaelic: meirle — act of stealing property
• Scottish Gaelic: gadachd — act of stealing property
• Scottish Gaelic: goid — act of stealing property
• Serbo-Croatian: кра̏ђа — act of stealing property
• Serbo-Croatian: krȁđa — act of stealing property
• Slovak: krádež — act of stealing property
• Slovak: lúpež — act of stealing property
• Slovene: kraja — act of stealing property
• Spanish: robo — act of stealing property
• Spanish: hurto — act of stealing property
• Spanish: furto — act of stealing property
• Spanish: choreo — act of stealing property
• Spanish: shacamento — act of stealing property
• Swahili: wizi — act of stealing property
• Swedish: stöld — act of stealing property
• Swedish: tjuvande — act of stealing property
• Swedish: tjuveri — act of stealing property
• Swedish: tjuft — act of stealing property
• Sylheti: ꠌꠥꠞꠤ (suri) — act of stealing property
• Tagalog: pagnanakaw — act of stealing property
• Tajik: дуздӣ (duzdi) — act of stealing property
• Tamil: திருட்டு (tiruṭṭu) — act of stealing property
• Tamil: களவு (kaḷavu) — act of stealing property
• Tatar: урлау (urlaw) — act of stealing property
• Telugu: దొంగతనము (doṅgatanamu) — act of stealing property
• Thai: โจรกรรม (joo-rá-gam) — act of stealing property
• Thai: การลักทรัพย์ (gaan-lák-sáp) — act of stealing property
• Tocharian B: klepe — act of stealing property
• Turkish: soygun — act of stealing property
• Turkish: hırsızlık — act of stealing property
• Turkish: çalma — act of stealing property
• Ottoman Turkish: خرسزلق (hırsızlık) — act of stealing property
• Turkmen: ogurlyk — act of stealing property
• Ukrainian: краді́жка (kradížka) — act of stealing property
• Ukrainian: покра́жа (pokráža) — act of stealing property
• Ukrainian: кра́діж (krádiž) — act of stealing property
• Urdu: چوری (corī) — act of stealing property
• Uyghur: ئوغرىلىق (oghriliq) — act of stealing property
• Uzbek: oʻgʻrilik — act of stealing property
• Vietnamese: sự trộm cắp — act of stealing property
• Vietnamese: sự ăn trộm — act of stealing property
• Volapük: tif — act of stealing property
• Warlpiri: puru — act of stealing property
• Welsh: lladrad — act of stealing property
• Yao (Africa): wiyi class 14 — act of stealing property