The act of stealing property.

(archaic) furtive, stealthy; suspiciously discreet

plural of theft

The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.

shoplifting

plural of petty theft

A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.

plural of identity theft

(law) The crime of failing to take reasonable steps to find the owner of property that has been found.

The illegal withholding of wages or denial of benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee.