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51embezzlement — [n] stealing money, often from employer abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilfer age, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving; concept 139 Ant.… …
52larceny — [n] theft burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch*; concepts 139,192 …
53rip-off — [n] trick; robbery cheat, con*, exploitation, fraud, gyp*, larceny, lift*, pinch*, purloining, racket*, steal, stealing, swindle, theft, thievery, thieving; concepts 139,192 Ant. gift, giving, offering …
54theft — [n] stealing annexation, appropriation, break in, burglary, caper, cheating, crime, defrauding, deprivation, embezzlement, extortion, filch, fleece*, fraud, grab*, heist, holdup, hustle*, job*, larceny, lift*, looting, mugging, peculation,… …
55subreption — n. formal the obtaining of a thing by surprise or misrepresentation. Etymology: L subreptio purloining f. subripere (as SUB , rapere snatch) …
56ab|strac|tion — «ab STRAK shuhn», noun. 1. the idea of a quality thought of apart from any particular object or real thing having that quality; abstract idea, concept, or term: »Whiteness, courage, hope, sorrow, and length are abstractions. A line that has no… …
57CHAMPAGNE — (Heb. קנפניא), region and former province, Northeast France. Champagne attracted numerous Jewish settlements at a relatively early date. In the 13th century Jews were living throughout the province, especially in Bar sur Aube, bray sur seine ,… …
