(archaic) furtive, stealthy; suspiciously discreet

The act of stealing property.

plural of theft

The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.

shoplifting

A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.

plural of petty theft

The situation where an employee fraudulently takes payment for time during which he or she was not working.

The illegal withholding of wages or denial of benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee.

(law) The crime of failing to take reasonable steps to find the owner of property that has been found.