Hypertext Webster Gateway: "theft"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Theft \Theft\, n. [OE. thefte, AS. [thorn]i['e]f[eth]e,
[thorn][=y]f[eth]e, [thorn]e['o]f[eth]e. 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.
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}.
2. The thing stolen. [R.]
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, .
. . he shall restore double. --Ex. xxii. 4.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
theft
n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: {larceny},
{thievery}, {thieving}, {stealing}]
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