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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 743 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THEFT , the See also:

act of thieving or stealing. In See also:English legal usage the practice is to See also:call this act by its See also:Norman-See also:French name of " See also:larceny," but properly theft is a wider See also:term including other forms of wrongful deprivation of the See also:property of another (see LARCENY). The O.E. word peof ae or pief $e is formed from peof, thief or peofan, to thieve, cf. Ger. Dieb, Du. dief, Goth. thiubs. The origin is not known. It may be related to Lithuanian tupeti, to crouch or squat down; thus " thief " would mean " 0ne who hides himself." The O.F. stelan, to steal, appears also in other Teat. See also:languages, cf. Du. stelen, Swed. stjdla, Goth, stillan, &c. It has been doubt-fully connected with Gr. orepe"ty, to deprive.

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