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theft

noun
 
🔊/θeft/
🔊/θeft/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. theft (of something) the crime of stealing something from a person or place偷；偷窃；盗窃罪
    • car theft偷盗汽车
    • Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.警方正在调查这家公司办公室里的计算机失窃案。🔊🔊
    • A number of thefts have been reported recently.近来有些偷窃案的报道。
    compare burglary, robbery see also grand theft, identity theft, thief
    Extra Examples
    • She admitted the theft of three pairs of shoes.她承认偷了 3 双鞋。
    • They are accused of theft from a newsagent's shop.他们被指控在一家报刊经销点进行偷窃。
    • a spate of thefts over the Christmas period圣诞节期间发生的一连串盗窃案
    • the crime of attempted theft盗窃未遂罪
    • the wholesale theft of copyrighted music大规模盗窃版权受保护的音乐
    Topics Crime and punishmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • petty
    • grand
    • attempted
    • …
    … of thefts
    • series
    • spate
    • string
    • …
    preposition
    • theft from
    • theft of
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    Word OriginOld English thīefth, thēofth, of Germanic origin; related to thief.