Crossword-Solution: THEFT 5 letters, 135 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

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Word Word Type Definition
Theft n. 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.
Theft n. The thing stolen.

We have 135 clues for the answer “THEFT”

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"Five-finger discount" 1 answer
"Grand ___ Auto V" (video game that made a billion dollars in three days) 1 answer
"Property is ___!": Proudhon 1 answer
A filching. 1 answer
A purloining 1 answer
A security camera can deter it 1 answer
An alarm may deter it 1 answer
Asportation 1 answer
Auto-insurance coverage 1 answer
Bob Dylan's "Love and ___" 1 answer
Car-insurance coverage 1 answer
Cat burglar's crime 1 answer
Cause of merchandise shrinkage 1 answer
Crime of stealing 1 answer
Eighth Commandment taboo, per KJV 1 answer
Felonious filching 1 answer
Fire and ___ insurance. 1 answer
Grand __ Auto: video game 1 answer
Grand ___ Auto 1 answer
Handiwork of a burglar 1 answer
Holdup, for instance 1 answer
Hope it doesn't happen to gear 1 answer
Illegal lifting 1 answer
It's a steal 1 answer
It's stealing 1 answer
Jean Valjean's crime 1 answer
Jean Valjean's transgression 1 answer
Jesse James's crime 1 answer
Larceny, by another name 1 answer
Lifting, maybe 1 answer
Most common crime in the U.S. 1 answer
Museum concern 1 answer
Peculation 1 answer
Piracy, e.g. 1 answer
Property, per Proudhon 1 answer
Purloinment 1 answer
Retailer's woe 1 answer
Rip-off artist's crime 1 answer
Robber's crime 1 answer
Robin Hood's transgression 1 answer
Second-story man's crime 1 answer
Shoplifter's crime 1 answer
Shoplifting, e.g. 1 answer
Shrinkage, to a retailer 1 answer
Stealer's crime 1 answer
Swiping 1 answer
Taboo in one of the Ten Commandments 1 answer
Taking it badly? 1 answer
Taking of property 1 answer
Taking something badly? 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with THEFT (5)

Both these neologisms reflected a strong revulsion against the theft and vandalism perpetrated by cracking rings.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Mombi was furious at the trick Tip had played upon her as well as at his escape and the theft of the precious Powder of Life; so she needed no urging to induce her to travel to the Emerald City to assist Jinjur in defeating the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, who had made Tip one of their friends.
The Marvellous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum 1993
That the purpose might be theft I could not believe, since thieves are practically unknown upon Barsoom.
The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
The red warrior whom he had put to flight turned in the entrance to the palace, and, seeing Carthoris’ intent, snatched a rifle from those that he and his fellows had left leaning against the wall as they had rushed out with drawn swords to prevent the theft of their prisoner.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Scarcely had the search commenced than the overturned cauldron was discovered, and with it the theft of the poisoned arrows.
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993

Quotes with THEFT (3)

Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really." Hermes ignored them. "One night, when this boy's mother wasn't watching, he sneaked out of their cave and stole some cattle that belonged to Apollo.""Did he get blasted to tiny pieces?" I asked." Hmm ... no. Actually, everything turned out quite well. To make up for his theft, the boy gave Apollo an instrument he'd invented-a lyre. Apollo was so enchanted with the music that he forgot all…
Rick Riordan The Sea of Monsters
Hoarded things might easily become a menace; a mere fire-and-theft risk; a breeding-ground for destructive insects; a source of worry. Men would have plenty of anxieties, but there was no sense in accumulating worries over THINGS! That kind of worry destroyed your character. Even an unused coat, hanging in your closet — it wasn't merely a useless thing that did nobody any good; it was an active agent of destruction to your life. And your LIFE must be saved, at all costs. What…
Lloyd C. Douglas The Robe
Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.
Richard Flanagan
Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 139 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).