The man was charged with theft.
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Theft
Synonyms for "theft" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
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5 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
139 translations across 89 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аӡара noun (act of stealing property)
Afrikaans
1 entries- diefstal noun (act of stealing property)
Albanian
1 entries- vith noun (act of stealing property)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κλοπή noun (act of stealing property)
Arabic
4 entries- بوق noun (act of stealing property)
- سَرَق noun (act of stealing property)
- سَرَقَة noun (act of stealing property)
- سَرِق noun (act of stealing property)
Armenian
3 entries- առեւանգում noun (act of stealing property)
- գողություն noun (act of stealing property)
- հափշտակում noun (act of stealing property)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- oğurluq noun (act of stealing property)
- soyğun noun (act of stealing property)
Belarusian
2 entries- кра́жа noun (act of stealing property)
- крадзе́ж noun (act of stealing property)
Bengali
1 entries- চুরি noun (act of stealing property)
Bikol Central
1 entries- ikit noun (act of stealing property)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кра́жба noun (act of stealing property)
Catalan
1 entries- furt noun (act of stealing property)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 盜竊 /盗窃 noun (act of stealing property)
Czech
1 entries- krádež noun (act of stealing property)
Danish
4 entries- ran noun (act of stealing property)
- styld noun (act of stealing property)
- tyveri noun (act of stealing property)
- tyvned noun (act of stealing property)
Dutch
2 entries- diefstal noun (act of stealing property)
- dieverij noun (act of stealing property)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝtelado noun (act of stealing property)
Estonian
1 entries- vargus noun (act of stealing property)
Faroese
2 entries- rán noun (act of stealing property)
- stuldur noun (act of stealing property)
Finnish
1 entries- varkaus noun (act of stealing property)
French
1 entries- vol noun (act of stealing property)
Galician
1 entries- roubo noun (act of stealing property)
Georgian
3 entries- მოპარვა noun (act of stealing property)
- ქურდობა noun (act of stealing property)
- ძარცვა noun (act of stealing property)
German
1 entries- Diebstahl noun (act of stealing property)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌹 noun (act of stealing property)
Greek
1 entries- κλοπή noun (act of stealing property)
Hebrew
2 entries- גְּנֵבָה noun (act of stealing property)
- גָּזֵל noun (act of stealing property)
Higaonon
1 entries- theft noun (act of stealing property)
Hindi
1 entries- चोरी noun (act of stealing property)
Hungarian
1 entries- lopás noun (act of stealing property)
Icelandic
1 entries- þjófnaður noun (act of stealing property)
Ido
1 entries- furto noun (act of stealing property)
Indonesian
1 entries- pencurian noun (act of stealing property)
Ingrian
1 entries- varkahus noun (act of stealing property)
Irish
1 entries- goid noun (act of stealing property)
Italian
1 entries- furto noun (act of stealing property)
Japanese
3 entries- 盗み noun (act of stealing property)
- 盗難 noun (act of stealing property)
- 窃盗 noun (act of stealing property)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұрлық noun (act of stealing property)
Korean
3 entries- 도둑질 noun (act of stealing property)
- 절도 noun (act of stealing property)
- 훔침 noun (act of stealing property)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- уурулук noun (act of stealing property)
Ladino
1 entries- ladronisyo noun (act of stealing property)
Latin
1 entries- furtum noun (act of stealing property)
Latvian
1 entries- zādzība noun (act of stealing property)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vagystė noun (act of stealing property)
Macedonian
1 entries- кражба noun (act of stealing property)
Malayalam
2 entries- കളവ് noun (act of stealing property)
- മോഷണം noun (act of stealing property)
Marathi
1 entries- चोरी noun (act of stealing property)
Middle English
1 entries- thefte noun (act of stealing property)
Mongolian
2 entries- хулгай noun (act of stealing property)
- ᠬᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠢ noun (act of stealing property)
Māori
1 entries- whānako noun (act of stealing property)
Navajo
2 entries- aneestʼį́į́ʼ noun (act of stealing property)
- aniʼį́į́ʼ noun (act of stealing property)
Norman
1 entries- vol noun (act of stealing property)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- dizî noun (act of stealing property)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tjuveri noun (act of stealing property)
- tyveri noun (act of stealing property)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tjuveri noun (act of stealing property)
Odia
1 entries- ଚୋରି noun (act of stealing property)
Old English
1 entries- þīefþu noun (act of stealing property)
Pashto
3 entries- سرقت noun (act of stealing property)
- سرقه noun (act of stealing property)
- غلا noun (act of stealing property)
Persian
1 entries- دُزدی noun (act of stealing property)
Polish
1 entries- kradzież noun (act of stealing property)
Portuguese
2 entries- furto noun (act of stealing property)
- roubo noun (act of stealing property)
Romanian
1 entries- furt noun (act of stealing property)
Russian
4 entries- воровство́ noun (act of stealing property)
- кра́жа noun (act of stealing property)
- уго́н noun (act of stealing property)
- хище́ние noun (act of stealing property)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- gadachd noun (act of stealing property)
- goid noun (act of stealing property)
- meirle noun (act of stealing property)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krȁđa noun (act of stealing property)
- кра̏ђа noun (act of stealing property)
Slovak
2 entries- krádež noun (act of stealing property)
- lúpež noun (act of stealing property)
Slovene
1 entries- kraja noun (act of stealing property)
Spanish
4 entries- choreo noun (act of stealing property)
- furto noun (act of stealing property)
- hurto noun (act of stealing property)
- robo noun (act of stealing property)
Swahili
1 entries- wizi noun (act of stealing property)
Swedish
4 entries- stöld noun (act of stealing property)
- tjuft noun (act of stealing property)
- tjuvande noun (act of stealing property)
- tjuveri noun (act of stealing property)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠌꠥꠞꠤ noun (act of stealing property)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagnanakaw noun (act of stealing property)
Tajik
1 entries- дуздӣ noun (act of stealing property)
Tamil
2 entries- களவு noun (act of stealing property)
- திருட்டு noun (act of stealing property)
Tatar
1 entries- урлау noun (act of stealing property)
Telugu
1 entries- దొంగతనము noun (act of stealing property)
Thai
2 entries- การลักทรัพย์ noun (act of stealing property)
- โจรกรรม noun (act of stealing property)
Tocharian B
1 entries- klepe noun (act of stealing property)
Turkish
3 entries- hırsızlık noun (act of stealing property)
- soygun noun (act of stealing property)
- çalma noun (act of stealing property)
Turkmen
1 entries- ogurlyk noun (act of stealing property)
Ukrainian
3 entries- кра́діж noun (act of stealing property)
- краді́жка noun (act of stealing property)
- покра́жа noun (act of stealing property)
Urdu
1 entries- چوری noun (act of stealing property)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئوغرىلىق noun (act of stealing property)
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻgʻrilik noun (act of stealing property)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự trộm cắp noun (act of stealing property)
- sự ăn trộm noun (act of stealing property)
Volapük
1 entries- tif noun (act of stealing property)
Warlpiri
1 entries- puru noun (act of stealing property)
Welsh
1 entries- lladrad noun (act of stealing property)
Yao
1 entries- wiyi class 14 noun (act of stealing property)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I'd like to report a theft.
Source: tatoeba (51408)
This man was charged with theft.
Source: tatoeba (57948)
The police arrested him for theft.
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