窃せっ盗とう

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窃盗する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

A somewhat formal/news or legal term for stealing property. It can be used as a noun, in compounds such as 窃盗事件, or as 窃盗する for committing theft.

〈人ひと〉が窃せっ盗とうを働はたらくfor someone to commit theft
彼かれは生せい活かつに困こまり、窃せっ盗とうを働はたらいた。
He was struggling financially and committed theft.
窃せっ盗とうの疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされるto be arrested on suspicion of theft
男おとこは窃せっ盗とうの疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。
The man was arrested on suspicion of theft.
窃せっ盗とう事じ件けんが起おきるfor a theft incident to occur
この地ち域いきで窃せっ盗とう事じ件けんが相あい次ついで起おきている。
A series of theft incidents have been occurring in this area.

泥どろ棒ぼうN4
泥棒 is the everyday, colloquial word for a thief or stealing, while 窃盗 is the formal/legal term used in news reports and law.
万まん引びきN1
万引き refers specifically to shoplifting, whereas 窃盗 is the broader, more formal term covering any kind of theft.
盗とう難なんN2
盗難 describes the incident or loss from the victim's point of view, while 窃盗 names the criminal act or offense itself.
盗ぬすみN1
窃盗 is the formal, legal term for theft used in official and criminal contexts, while 盗み is the everyday word for the act of stealing.

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強ごう盗とうN3
窃盗 is the legal term for theft/larceny committed without violence, whereas 強盗 legally implies robbery involving force or intimidation.
怪かい盗とう
窃盗 is the legal/criminal term for the act of theft, whereas 怪盗 refers to the romanticized thief-character, not the crime itself.

強ごう盗とうN3
強盗 involves force or threat (robbery), while 窃盗 is stealing without violence; learners often mix them up because both share the kanji 盗.
横おう領りょう
窃盗 is theft of property that was never in your care, while 横領 is misappropriating property that was legitimately entrusted to you.
強ごう盗とう事じ件けんN2
窃盗 means theft without confrontation, whereas 強盗事件 involves the use or threat of force during the robbery.

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盗とう用よう
窃盗 means physically stealing an object, while 盗用 refers to unauthorized use of someone's property, funds, or work without necessarily taking it away.
強ごう奪だつ
窃盗 is theft done stealthily without the victim's knowledge, while 強奪 involves taking property openly through force or intimidation.

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A Sino-Japanese compound. 窃 is associated with stealing secretly, and 盗 with stealing; together they form the formal term for theft.