Clues for the word "THEFT"
We've had 95 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 191 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of theft
- n. - The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
- n. - The thing stolen.
Referring Clues
- Embezzlement, e.g.
- Lifting
- Grand ___
- Larceny
- It's a steal
- Robbery
- Five-finger discount
- Taking the wrong way?
- An alarm may deter it
- Identity ___
- It may be grand
- Wrongful removal
- Car-insurance coverage
- Bank job
- Cause of merchandise shrinkage
- Cause of shrinkage
- Retailer's woe
- Shrinkage, to a retailer
- Shoplifting, e.g.
- Property crime
- Taking things wrong?
- Robin Hood's transgression
- Identity ___
- Word following grand or identity
- Stealer's crime
- Thug's crime, often
- Burglary
- Pilferage
- 'Petty' crime
- Museum concern
- Shoplifting, for example
- Grand ___ Auto
- Burglar's crime
- Shoplifting
- Asportation
- Misappropriation
- Eighth Commandment taboo, per KJV
- Piracy, e.g.
- Unlawful removal
- Robber's crime
- Stealing
- Underhanded undertaking
- What stores call "shrinkage"
- Ripoff
- Taking something badly?
- A purloining
- Hope it doesn't happen to gear
- Taking offence?
- Dishonest taking of others' property
- Daily crime perpetrated by 24s
- A 19
- Newspaper for a safe job in the City?
- Bankers' daily crime?
- Getting the short measure and taking offence
- Newspaper has article on robbery
- The newspaper's job
- Illegal act of taking
- Paper peculatio
- Pinching the feet
- Taking issue with shares figures?
- Article at length details robbery
- Taking something of the land, leaving area
- Lifting the foot
- Article's first and last - first and last taking articles?
- The first heartless crime
- One takes something for it
- What is pinching the foot?
- A rival paper behind the crime?
- Nicking newspaper
- The fort's gold is snatched in robbery
- The newspaper caused offence
- Article by newspaper revealing robbery
- Article by newspaper initially exposing robbery
- Newspaper job?
- Article on daily crime
- Pinching pink paper
- Illegal practice that's much studied in the City
- "Grand ___ Auto," video game
- Identity ___ (stealing of credentials or credit)
- Swiping
- Common crime for Carmen Sandiego
- Instance of stealing
- Purloinment
- Holdup, for instance
- Taking it badly?
- Word with grand or identity
- Crime of stealing
- Taking things literally?
- Cat burglar's crime
- Lifting, maybe
- Wage ___
- Carmen Sandiego's crime
- Taboo in one of the Ten Commandments
- Wage ___ (employer violation)
- Word after "wage" or "identity"
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 07, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 23, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 31, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 04, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 26, 2024
- USA Today - March 09, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 26, 2024
- LA Times - February 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 29, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 02, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 16, 2023
- USA Today - November 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 19, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 24, 2023
- LA Times - August 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2023
- New York Times - August 03, 2023
- And in 161 more crossword puzzles...