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hurto — 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.
  • robbery noun The crime of taking property from someone by force or threat.
  • shoplifting noun The crime of stealing goods from a shop.
  • theft noun The crime of stealing something that belongs to someone else.

Senses

hurto 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.]
  • petty theft A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.
  • robbery The act or practice of robbing.
  • theft The act of stealing property.

robbery — full definition

  1. noun The crime of taking property from someone by force or threat.
  2. noun An instance of being blatantly overcharged, used loosely and humorously.

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