[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

theft \theft\ the^ft, n. oe. thefte, as.
   thorni'efethe, thorn=yfethe, thorne'ofethe.
   see thief.
   1. law the act of stealing; specifically, the felonious
      taking and removing of personal property, with an intent
      to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
      1913 webster

   note: to constitute theft there must be a taking without the
         owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious;
         every part of the property stolen must be removed,
         however slightly, from its former position; and it must
         be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of
         the thief. see larceny, and the note under robbery.
         1913 webster

   2. the thing stolen. r.
      1913 webster

            if the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, .
            . . he shall restore double.          --ex. xxii. 4.
      1913 webster
see also:
thief larceny robbery 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

theft
     n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
         thieving is awful at kennedy international" syn: larceny,
          thievery, thieving, stealing
see also:
larceny thievery thieving stealing 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "theft":
   acquisition, appropriation, boosting, burglary, caper, claiming,
   embezzlement, filch, filching, grab, heist, hijacking, job,
   larceny, lift, lifting, pilferage, pilfering, pinch, pinching,
   possession, purloining, reception, rip-off, robbery, robbing,
   score, shoplifting, snitching, steal, stealage, stealing, swiping,
   taking, taking away, taking possession, thievery, thieving,
   touch

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

theft
   punished by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2
   sam. 12:6. if the thief could not pay the fine, he was to be
   sold to a hebrew master till he could pay ex. 22:1-4. a
   night-thief might be smitten till he died, and there would be no
   blood-guiltiness for him 22:2. a man-stealer was to be put to
   death 21:16. all theft is forbidden ex. 20:15; 21:16; lev.
   19:11; deut. 5:19; 24:7; ps. 50:18; zech. 5:3; matt. 19:18; rom.
   13:9; eph. 4:28; 1 pet. 4:15.
   

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

theft, crimes. this word is sometimes used as synonymous with larceny, 
q.v. but it is not so technical. ayliffe's pand. 581 2 swift's dig. 309. 
     2. in the scotch law, this is a proper and technical word, and 
signifies the secret and felonious abstraction of the property of another 
for sake of lucre, without his consent. alison, princ. cr. law of scotl. 
250. 

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