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Definition of theft noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

theft

noun

NAmE//θɛft//

[uncountable, countable] theft (of something)

the crime of stealing something from a person or place car theft Police are investigating the theft of computers from the company's offices. compare burglary, robbery see identity theft, thief

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theatrics noun
thee pronoun
theft noun
their determiner
theirs pronoun