grand theft

noun

Examples of grand theft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All of the suspects, who police said are from Los Angeles, face felony charges of burglary and grand theft. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024 Bailey was charged with third-degree grand theft and organized fraud. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024 He has also been convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia and grand theft. Austin L. Miller, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024 In 2011, Salgado — who had since moved to Chicago — was required to submit a DNA sample to a law-enforcement database after pleading guilty to an unrelated grand theft case. Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024 He had been sentenced to life without parole for murder, carjacking, kidnapping and grand theft with use of a firearm enhancement. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 Cook, 49, was serving a sentence of life without parole for a San Bernardino County conviction of first-degree murder, carjacking, kidnapping and grand theft, with an enhancement for using a gun in the crime, CDCR said. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024 By September 1, 2001, the day Stone attacked his mother, he’d already been arrested 17 times, including charges for grand theft, auto theft, marijuana possession, driving under the influence, battery on a law enforcement officer, domestic battery and battery on a person 65 or older. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024 Police charged 57-year-old Kyle Patrick Tate with criminal mischief and grand theft as a result of the incident. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 2 May 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 20 May. 2024.

Legal Definition

grand theft

see theft

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