theft
nounEtymology
From Middle English theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe, Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”), equivalent to thief or thieve + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian thiuvethe, thiufthe (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”).
Definitions
The act of stealing property.
- resource theft
- Bike theft is on the rise.
- A suspect was arrested for the theft of a gold necklace.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at theft. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at theft. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at theft
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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