grand theft

noun

Examples of grand theft in a Sentence

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That ran concurrent with a three-year sentence for pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026 That six-month sentence ran concurrent with a three-year sentence for pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026 Rivera-Lopez is facing charges including battery, criminal mischief, grand theft, resisting an officer without violence and two counts of assault on a first responder, court records show. Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025 They were booked into Contra Costa County jail on charges of grand theft of an animal, theft by false pretenses and conspiracy. Jason Green, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grand theft

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grand theft was circa 1930

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“Grand theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20theft. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

Legal Definition

grand theft

see theft

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