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Business Anaheim hotel fined heavily for not rehiring workers laid off during pandemic
Oct. 8, 2024
Bonta and his team have filed 31 criminal charges, including grand theft, payroll tax evasion, prevailing wage theft and filing false documents, against US Framing West and two of its employees.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Porter, who does not have a nursing license, was charged with identity theft, false impersonation and grand theft, the department said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
Gisselle Victoria-Gonzalez, 42, faces charges of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and grand theft, according to the Orlando Police Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
The initiative amends the state penal code to allow prosecutors to bypass the $950 threshold that separates petty theft, a misdemeanor, from grand theft, a felony.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1930, in the meaning defined above
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“Grand theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20theft. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
grand theft
see theft
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