grand theft

noun

Examples of grand theft in a Sentence

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Price’s work and personal phones have been subpoenaed in that Oakland murder case, and her text messages were turned over to Juarez’s attorney in the grand theft case. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025 Before the show’s premiere in 2024, she was arrested for burglary, battery, and grand theft following an altercation with Jammiah Broomfield, the mother of Kodak’s first child. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Jan. 2025 There he was housed with Johnson, who was serving a five-year sentence for fraud and grand theft. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025 Police identified the oldest suspect as Brandon McClain, 18, who was arrested on suspicion of grand theft and retail theft. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024 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 16 Feb. 2025.

Legal Definition

grand theft

see theft

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