Diebstahl — meaning in English
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English meaning
- larceny noun The crime of unlawfully taking someone else's property with the intent to keep it permanently.
- pilfering noun The act of stealing small, usually low-value items.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
- theft noun The crime of stealing something that belongs to someone else.
Senses
Diebstahl is used for these senses in English:
- larceny (legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]
- pilfering The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.
- steal The act of stealing.
- steal (slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
- theft The act of stealing property.