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  2. Property crime - Wikipedia

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    Property crime is a category of crime, usually involving private property, that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime is a crime to obtain money, property, or some other benefit.

  3. Embezzlement - Wikipedia

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    When embezzlement occurs as a form of theft, distinguishing between embezzlement and larceny can be tricky. [4] Making the distinction is particularly difficult when dealing with misappropriations of property by employees. To prove embezzlement, the state must show that the employee had possession of the goods "by virtue of his or her ...

  4. Conversion (law) - Wikipedia

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    It is the difference between forcing a rental fee and a total sale upon a defendant. In some cases the exercise of the dominion may amount to an act of trespass or to a crime, e.g. where the taking amounts to larceny , or fraudulent appropriation by a bailee or agent entrusted with the property of another (Larceny Acts of 1861 and 1901).

  5. Are fears of a shoplifting surge running away from the facts?

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    Law enforcement often does not distinguish between theft from retailers and other kinds of robbery. The broad category of larceny, however, is lower than it was before the pandemic. The Council on ...

  6. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Theft in the United States is the take property at the detriment of another. The property can be constructively possessed, where property entrusted to a person and is under their control, but still retained by owner. Definitions of theft is codified in Title 18 of the United States Code Chapter 31.

  7. Larceny - Wikipedia

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    Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also statutory law), where in many cases it remains in force.

  8. Burglary suspect who sobbed in court when judge recognized ...

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    In 2015, Arthur Nathaniel Booth — now 58 — was arrested on burglary and grand theft charges. During his trial that year, Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer recognized Booth as one of her middle ...

  9. The US shoplifting scourge is a lot of hype with little evidence

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    There’s been much handwringing over the scourge of shoplifting in America since 2020. To hear some retailers and politicians tell it, retail crime is out of control across the country.