theft
意味
- 盗み;窃盗罪
例文
The police brought a charge of theft against him.
警察は彼を窃盗罪で告発した。
I reported the theft of my car to the police.
私は車が盗まれたことを警察に届けた。
A worldwide plague of theft emptied museums.
世界的な美術品窃盗という疫病が美術館をからにしてしまった。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe, Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubīþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubīþō (“theft”), from *þiubijaną (“to thieve, steal”), equivalent to thieve + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian tsjeafte (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”).