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ontvreemding — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abstraction noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
  • larceny noun The crime of unlawfully taking someone else's property with the intent to keep it permanently.

Senses

ontvreemding is used for these senses in English:

  • abstraction (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • larceny (legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]

abstraction — full definition

  1. noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
  2. noun A general idea or concept, as opposed to something concrete.
  3. noun In computing, the hiding of implementation detail behind a simpler interface.

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