The action of a thief; the felonious taking away of the personal goods of another; larceny; also, with a and plural, an instance of this.

Theft, stealing.

The act, or an act, of stealing; a theft; the thing stolen or purloined. Chiefly U.S. colloquial.

Theft. Often coupled with reif: cf. stouthreif, n.

The action of steal, v.1 in its various senses. Also in combinations with adverbs, as stealing-forth, stealing-in.

The action or practice of stealing or taking secretly and wrongfully; theft. Obsolete.

The action of lift, v. in various senses. Also lifting up. †Also concrete in hand-lifting: so much as can be taken up by the hand. †at the lifting…

The action or an act of taking something dishonestly; theft, robbery. Obsolete.

Theft, stealing; also stolen goods.

The felonious taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another with intent to convert them to the taker's use. Also gen. theft.

Larceny.

Furtive or light-fingered carrying off; stealing. (Sometimes associated with sleight of hand or jugglery: see sense 11b.)

The action of a thief; the committing of theft; stealing. Also attributive.

The action or practice of taking something dishonestly or by abuse of trust; thieving; extortion. Obsolete.

= larceny, n.

The action of embezzle, v., in various senses.

The action of embezzling: †(a) in senses of embezzle, v. 1–3 (obsolete); (b) (the modern sense) fraudulent appropriation of entrusted property.

The practice of theft; thieving, robbery. rare.

The action or practice of stealing; theft; thievery.

The action of stealing or plundering; extortion. Cf. bribe, v. 1, bribing, n. 2.

The action of robbing or stealing.

The committing or practice of theft; stealing. With a and plural, An act of thieving.

Larceny.

The action of seizing as security or plunder, esp. kidnapping as a slave. Formerly also, more generally: †theft (obsolete rare).

Theft or confiscation of a person's property; seizure without consent. Now historical and rare.

(See quots.)

British slang. Robbery, theft. Cf. pickup man, n. 1.

Thieves' slang. Stealing, fraudulent begging.

slang. †A successful theft or swindle (obsolete); (U.S.) the proceeds of this. Cf. make, v.1 26b.

thieving.

Commerce. A method of embezzlement in which credit for money received is entered in an account but the money itself is withheld, the discrepancy…