[N-VAR 可变名词]偷窃;盗窃(罪)Theft is the crime of stealing.
[oft n N]
Art theft is now part of organised crime.
盗窃艺术品如今成为一种有组织的犯罪活动。
...the theft of classified documents from a car in London.
从伦敦一辆汽车里盗走机密文件
Oxford
theft/θeft; NAmEθeft/noun[uncountable , countable ]theft(of sth) the crime of stealing sth from a person or place 偷;偷窃;盗窃罪◆car theft偷盗汽车◆Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices.警方正在调查这家公司办公室里的计算机失窃案。☞compare
burglary
,
robbery
☞see also
identity theft
,
thief
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thefttheft /θeft/ ●●○ noun
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1[uncountable] the crime of stealing → thief, burglary, robbery: Car theft is on the increase. an arrest for petty theft (=stealing small things) Three men were charged with attempted theft.► see thesaurus at
crime
2[countable] an act of stealing something: There have been a number of thefts in the area.theft of the theft of £150 from the officeCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + theftattempted theft· He was charged with attempted theft.car theft British English, auto theft American English:· Northern Ireland had one of the highest levels of car theft in Europe.identity theft (=when someone steals your personal information and uses it to obtain goods or money)· Credit card companies and banks bear the financial loss, rather than the victim of the identity theft.petty theft (=the stealing of something that is not very valuable)· There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel.art theft· Robbers stole paintings worth £25 million in the French Riviera’s biggest art theft.verbscommit a theft· Detectives took us to the place where the theft had been committed.
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偷窃(100%)
n.盗窃;偷;赃物
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