english
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general::
noun
burglary:
The theft of his watch disturbed him.
Simple Definitions
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general::
noun ADJ. petty | attempted | car, cattle, etc. PREP. ~ from They are accused of theft from a newsagent's shop. | ~ of She admitted the theft of three pairs of trousers.CRIME (for verbs)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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general::
theft
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + theft
attempted theft
• He was charged with attempted theft.
car theft
British English , auto theft AmE:
• Northern Ireland had one of the highest levels of car theft in Europe.
identity theft
(= when someone steals your personal information and uses it to obtain goods or money )
• Credit card companies and banks bear the financial loss, rather than the victim of the identity theft.
petty theft
(= the stealing of something that is not very valuable )
• There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel.
art theft
• Robbers stole paintings worth £25 million in the French Riviera’s biggest art theft.
verbs
commit a theft
• Detectives took us to the place where the theft had been committed.
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