Waging War on Business

[Bill Jonas]

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:42:52AM -0600, daz@undertaker.homeip.net wrote:
> nah.  Ill call it what it is.  theft.  If somebody is selling something=
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> and I take that something without paying for it, that is theft.  it does=
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Just to pick a nit, Webster's says the following:

=46rom Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Theft \Theft\, n. [OE. thefte, AS. [thorn]i['e]f[eth]e,
     [thorn][=3Dy]f[eth]e, [thorn]e['o]f[eth]e. See {Thief}.]
     1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious
        taking and removing of personal property, with an intent
        to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

     Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the
           owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious;
           every part of the property stolen must be removed,
           however slightly, from its former position; and it must
           be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of
           the thief. See {Larceny}, and the Note under {Robbery}.
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(The latest version of Webster's says the same thing; see
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=3Dtheft>.)

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where you might be swept off to."  --  Bilbo Baggins

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