grand theft

noun

Examples of grand theft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After the district attorney’s investigation, Hill was indicted in November 2019 and in September 2023 admitted his guilt and was convicted by plea of grand theft against all of his victims. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024 The suspects were charged with grand theft and accessory. Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 15 Apr. 2024 Former District 4 Councilmember Andrea Cardenas pleaded guilty in February to two charges of grand theft related to more than $200,000 she and her brother, Jesus Cardenas, fraudulently obtained from the federal Paycheck Protection Program and the state Employment Development Department. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024 The offenses included grand theft auto, burglary and identity theft. Alexandra Chaidez, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024 Chad Daybell also is charged with insurance fraud in connection with Tammy Daybell's death and two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception in the children's deaths. CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024 Shasta District Fair officials refused and threatened that Long could be charged with grand theft because the animal had been sold at auction. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 Caro-Mena has since been charged in Miami-Dade with third-degree grand theft auto, fleeing police at high speed and leaving the scene of a crash with no serious bodily injury. Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024 She was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of both children, and received an additional 10-year prison sentence on a grand theft charge. USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024

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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 26 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

grand theft

see theft

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