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Definition of Thefts
1. theft [n] - See also: theft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thefts
Literary usage of Thefts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (2001)
"as lawful, For we would give much, to count violent thefts Knt. as lawful (For
we would give much) to commit violent thefts Sing, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the by Patrick Colquhoun (1806)
"Petty thefts in the country round the Metropolis—Workhouses the causes of ...
thefts in Fields and Gardens— Their extent and amount throughout England— ..."
3. Handbook of Admiralty Law by Robert Morton Hughes (1920)
"thefts in a marine policy, according to the better opinion, cover thefts from
without the ship, and do not cover thefts by the crew. ..."
4. Handbook of Admiralty Law by Robert Morton Hughes (1920)
"SAME—thefts 33. thefts in a marine policy, according to the better opinion, cover
thefts from without the ship, and do not cover thefts by the crew. ..."
5. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"O. thefts COMMITTED FROM POVERTY. There are some needs which a man must ...
The proofs that absolute poverty provokes a number of thefts are of three kinds. ..."
6. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"thefts COMMITTED FROM POVERTY. There are some needs which a man must ... The proofs
that absolute poverty provokes a number of thefts are of three kinds. ..."