theft
noun
the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
thefts
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pluralof theft.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The recent spate of thefts is worrying officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
That’s when car theft began to surge across the country — particularly in Los Angeles, where thefts roughly doubled from the summer of 2019 to the summer of 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The companies giving evidence to the committee rejected the suggestion they were profiting from phone thefts.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Both Brand and Ibrahim Bulut, a museum security expert from a Belgian security consulting firm, believe many thefts that followed the Louvre burglary are copycats.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She told them a number of other stories about art thefts, some of the plottings ingenious and some a mess.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
