Theft
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A popular term for larceny, adopted in lieu of the latter term by the Penal Code of Texas. —
In Scotch Law
The secret and felonious abstraction of the property of another for sake of lucre, without his consent.
Alis. Crim. Law, 250.