Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 12 compound words that contain theft. The most common are listed below. Open theft in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- identity theftThe deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.
- grand theftThe criminal act of stealing an amount higher than a limit deemed by statute, therefore carrying more severe penalties than a simple theft.
- theft by findingThe crime of failing to take reasonable steps to find the owner of property that has been found.
- grand theft autoThe criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle.
- petty theftA 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.
- wage theftThe illegal withholding of wages or denial of benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee.
- retail theftShoplifting.
- joke theftThe appropriation of a comedian's material passed off as one's own.
- wind theftThe act of unintentionally or strategically blocking another’s access to clean wind, as by creating a wind shadow.
- time theftThe situation where an employee fraudulently receives compensation for an amount of time during which no work was performed.
Compound words 12
- theftproofResistant to being stolen.
- cybertheftTheft carried out by means of computer technology.
- theftuousOf the nature of theft; thievish.
- nontheftNot of or pertaining to theft.
- thefteousAlternative form of theftuous: Of the nature of theft; thievish.
- theftfulfurtive, stealthy; suspiciously discreet
- theftboteThe receiving of a person's goods back from a thief, or a compensation for them, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
- theftdomThe fact or practice of thieving; theft.
- antitheftAgainst or preventing from being stolen.
- theftlessWithout theft.