THEFT

n. robbery, stealing, pilferage, pilfering, filching, shoplifting, thievery, purloining, embezzlement, hijacking, larceny, Colloq lifting, appropriation, pocketing, pinching, swiping, snitching, Chiefly Brit nicking, US boosting, Slang heist, knocking off, rip-off The theft of the jewellery was reported to the police immediately