act of theft

collocation in English

meaningsofactandtheft

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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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theft
noun[C or U]
uk
/θeft/us
/θeft/
(the act of) dishonestly taking something that belongs to someone else and ...
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(Definition ofactandtheftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofact of theft

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Hisactoftheftdoes not generate any increase in what he can claim on the basis of absolute desert.
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I have tried to undertake a functional analysis of the problems to which anactoftheftmay give rise.
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If a foreigner commits anactoftheftin this country he knows, in terms of his own domestic law, that to steal other people's property is a criminal offence.
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Does he realise that in such a situation the man concerned will have committed the offence of stealing a card, and that would be anactoftheft?
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For example, does he know that there is a burglary every 34 seconds and anactoftheftor of handling stolen goods every 16 seconds?
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They point out that anything that is taken from anyone in the street constitutes an "actoftheft" unless a receipt is made out.
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A kleptolagniac is a person aroused by theactoftheft.
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A person steers the vehicle while another does theactoftheftitself.
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Prendergast insists that the incident must literally be described as anactoftheft.
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Theactoftheftis known by terms such as stealing, thieving, wicksing, and filching.
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Copyright holders typically attest theactoftheftto be in the profits forgone to the pirates.
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It must be a major concern to any right-thinking person that acts of theft occur on a daily basis as the result of organised crime.
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She doesn't have much fighting skill, if any, so she sticks to acts of theft.
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Acts of theft were carried on in defiance of authority.
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Often these acts of theft also cause accidental damage to surrounding objects, and the thieved antiquities are no longer "in situ" and lose their context and cultural associations.
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