grand theft

noun

Examples of grand theft in a Sentence

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Christina Leona Cowens, 41, was initially arrested last week on suspicion of felony grand theft, along with misdemeanor counts of unlawful disposal of human remains and attempting to conceal a death. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025 Federal officials also told Fox News that Gatica was arrested in 2011 on a robbery charge in Orange County but later pleaded to grand theft as part of a plea deal. Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025 That’s when he was arrested at a Motel 6 outside Orlando, jailed and charged with grand theft for failing to return a rental car in Broward County. Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Efrany Dionicio Diaz-Diaz, 28, was booked into the Marin County Jail on Tuesday on suspicion of grand theft. Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 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 13 Nov. 2025.

Legal Definition

grand theft

see theft

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