thef tとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /θɛft/
• 韻: -ɛft

名詞

theft (countable and uncountable, plural thefts)

1. The act of stealing property.

   Hyponyms: robbery, conquest

   resource theft

   Bike theft is on the rise.

   A suspect was arrested for the theft of a gold necklace.

   • 2007 July 5, Charles Hugh Smith, When Lies Become Normal, Is Truth Dead or Just in Hiding?‎, archived from the original on 12 February 2025:

     If you steal a candy bar, you are guilty of theft, regardless of the value. You can't fudge the theft by saying, "But it was only a candy bar," or "I didn't steal it from a person, but from a rich corporation," or "Everyone steals from the government."

   • 2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:

     That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:theft

派生語

関連する語

• thief
• thieve

参考

• nick
• steal
• TWOC

Further reading

• theft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia