noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
stealing electricity; electricity theft
Refers to the act of illegally tapping into a power source, often by bypassing a meter. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the action.
彼は隣の家から盗電していた。
He was stealing electricity from the neighbor's house.
盗電は犯罪です。
Electricity theft is a crime.
Synonym also meaning electricity theft; 盗電 is more common in everyday contexts, while 窃電 may appear in legal or formal documents.
Compound of 盗 (steal) and 電 (electricity), a straightforward modern coinage.