- theft (of something)
the crime of stealing something from a person or place 偷;偷竊;盜竊罪 car theft 偷盜汽車 Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices. 警方正在調查這家公司辦公室裏的計算機失竊案。 A number of thefts have been reported recently. 近來有些偷竊案的報道。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2She admitted the theft of three pairs of shoes. 她承認偷了 3 雙鞋。 They are accused of theft from a newsagent's shop. 他們被指控在一家報刊經銷點進行偷竊。 a spate of thefts over the Christmas period 聖誕節期間發生的一連串盜竊案 the crime of attempted theft 盜竊未遂罪 the wholesale theft of copyrighted music 大規模盜竊版權受保護的音樂
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- petty
- grand
- attempted
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- series
- spate
- string
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- theft from
- theft of
Word OriginOld English thīefth, thēofth, of Germanic origin; related to thief.