THEFT
What does "THEFT" mean?
The act of stealing; taking another person's property without permission or right.
Meanings
- The dishonest taking of someone else's property with intent to keep it. The theft of the bicycle was reported to the police.
- The taking of ideas, work, or credit that belongs to another. He called the uncredited remix outright theft. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'þīefþ' or 'þēofþ', meaning the act of a thief, from 'þēof' (thief) plus an abstract noun suffix; the same Germanic root gives 'thief' and 'thieve'.
Remember it
THEFT hides THE inside it - and a thief takes THE thing that wasn't theirs. Spell it THE + F + T, the F and T standing guard at the end.
A little poem
Empty shelf at dawn-
the missing thing leaves a shape
more loud than itself.
haiku
Wordplay
- Someone stole all my synonyms for 'theft'. It was robbery, larceny, a real heist.
What it teaches
Theft takes the object but leaves the wound; the loss you remember is rarely the price tag.
Quick facts
What does THEFT mean?
The act of stealing; taking another person's property without permission or right.
Is THEFT a valid word?
Yes — THEFT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THEFT?
THEFT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THEFT come from?
From Old English 'þīefþ' or 'þēofþ', meaning the act of a thief, from 'þēof' (thief) plus an abstract noun suffix; the same Germanic root gives 'thief' and 'thieve'.
What can THEFT teach us?
Theft takes the object but leaves the wound; the loss you remember is rarely the price tag.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.