3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  theft 
  n  :  the  act  of  stealing;  "the  thieving  is  awful  at  Kennedy 
  International"  [syn:  {larceny},  {thievery},  {thieving},  {stealing}] 
 
  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). 
 

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