cash theft
Taking someone's money
Cash theft is the stealing of money in physical currency rather than through fraud, embezzlement, or digital means.
The term emphasizes the directness of the crime—taking bills or coins from a register, wallet, or safe: The store installed cameras after repeated cash thefts.
In legal and insurance contexts, cash theft may be distinguished from other forms of larceny for documentation purposes.
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- bank heistTheft from financial institution
- stolenTaken unlawfully
loot · burglary · smash and grab · pickpocket · inside job · mugging · register · vault · safe · shoplifting · five finger discount · holdup · stickup · swipe · pilfering · till · grab · snatch
- fraud investigationforensic accounting, forensic audit, fraud detection, financial fraud, fraudulent schemes
- embezzlementpeculation, defalcation, misuse of funds, misappropriation, siphoning
- financial fraudsecurities fraud, bank fraud, accounting fraud, defalcation, embezzler
- workplace fraudpayroll fraud, embezzlement, kickbacks, ghost employees, padding expenses
- family thefttrust violation, elder abuse
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Pay from work
rightful ownership · gift · wages · salary · inheritance
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charitable giving · cash payment · almsgiving · philanthropy · generosity
cash theftembezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
fraud · wire fraud · white-collar crime · corporate fraud · identity theft
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