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  2. Theft - Wikipedia

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    Grand larceny consists of stealing property with a value exceeding $1000; or stealing a public record, secret scientific material, firearm, credit or debit card, ammonia, telephone with service, or motor vehicle or religious item with value exceeding $100; or stealing from the person of another or by extortion or from an ATM.

  3. Category:Theft - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to theft, the taking of another person's property or services or scrap money without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 1092–3 The word theft is also used as an informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as burglary , embezzlement ...

  4. Robbery - Wikipedia

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    It was held in R v Dawson and James (1978) [14] that "force" is an ordinary English word and its meaning should be left to the jury. This approach was confirmed in R v Clouden (1985) [15] and Corcoran v Anderton (1980), [16] both handbag-snatching cases. Stealing may involve a young child who is not aware that taking other persons' property is ...

  5. Embezzlement - Wikipedia

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    Embezzlement is not always a form of theft or an act of stealing per se, since those definitions specifically deal with taking something that does not belong to the perpetrators. Instead, embezzlement is, more generically, an act of deceitfully secreting assets by one or more persons that have been entrusted with such assets.

  6. Shoplifting - Wikipedia

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    In the retail industry, the word shrinkage (or shrink) is used to refer to merchandise often lost by shoplifting. The term five-finger discount is an euphemism for shoplifting, humorously referencing stolen items taken "at no cost" with the five fingers. The first documented shoplifting started to take place in 16th century London. By the early ...

  7. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...

  8. Fence (criminal) - Wikipedia

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    As a verb (e.g. "to fence stolen goods"), the word describes the behaviour of the thief in the transaction with the fence. As is the case with the word fence and its derivatives when used in its other common meanings (i.e. as a type of barrier or enclosure, and also as a sport), the word in this context is derived from the word defence.

  9. Theft of government property - Wikipedia

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    Embezzlements of or stealing government property are almost always federal crimes in multiple countries. Acts of the earlier include though are not limited to: Converting, possessing or appropriating government properties for one's own personal uses, using government-issued vehicles or government issued computers with intent to use these devices privately.