an offence against property in which a person, for his own or another's unlawful gain, takes away moveable property belonging to another person with the object of permanently depriving the owner of it, broadly, any act of instance of stealing, including larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and false pretenses. Many modern penal codes have consolidated such property offenses under the name "theft", võõra vallasasja äravõtmine selle ebaseadusliku omastamise eesmärgil