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Plural of theft

regular plural

The plural of theft is thefts.

Forms of theft

Singulartheft /θɛft/
Pluralthefts
Countablecountable and uncountable

Thefts in a sentence

  • "These kinds of thefts are common as bums at a soup kitchen," Ed said, yawning.2016, Joe Ide, IQ, page 296. From the entry common as bums
  • In high school, he bleached his hair and began a series of shopliftings and bicycle thefts.2000, Elmer H Johnson, Carol Johnson, Linking Community and Corrections in Japan, page 180. From the entry shoplifting
  • A North Shore town centre is being ringed by an electronic fence in an attempt to stop thefts of supermarket trundlers.2010, Wayne Thompson, “Electronic war on trolley thieves”, in New Zealand Herald. From the entry trundler
  • Cleaners are always prime suspects for office thefts but in my long experience it's nearly all employees, with a tiny remainder down to traditional burglary.2011, Lucy Kellaway, The Answers: All the office questions you never dared to ask, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry minging
  • There was a lump in Katie Hayward’s throat as she spoke about the emotional impact of the thefts that have cast a shadow over Britain’s beekeepers.2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer. From the entry lump in one's throat

Meaning of theft

  1. noun The act of stealing property.

Full definition of theft

Questions about the plural of theft

What is the plural of theft?
The plural of theft is thefts.
Is theft countable?
Theft is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: theft (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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