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