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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Identity theft
is a form of stealing someone's
in
which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming
that person's identity, typically in order to access resources
or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name. The
victim of identity theft (here meaning the person whose
identity has been assumed by the identity thief) can suffer
adverse consequences if they are held accountable for the perpetrator's actions. Identity theft
occurs when someone uses another's personally identifying information, like their name,
identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other
crimes.”
The Penalties for Thievery Short of the Death Penalty
Cruden’s Concordance
– Steal:
“. . . [Holy Scripture makes known] There was no penalty attached to theft or property but
restitution (
restoring to its rightful owner
), double or more, as the case might be. If restitution
was not made it was treated as a debt, the property or even the person of the debt being sold to
cover it. The man stealer, who reduced his prey to slavery, was to be put to death.”
Robbery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Robbery
is th
of taking or attempting to take
something of value by force or threat of force or by
putting the victim in fear. At common law, robbery is
defined as taking the property of another, with the intent
to permanently deprive the person of that property, by
means of force or fea
Precise definitions of the
offence may vary between jurisdictions. Robbery differs
from simpl
in its use of violence and intimidation.
The word "rob" came via
fro
words
(e.g.
deraubare
) of
origin, from Common Germanic
raub
— "theft".
Among the types of robbery are
armed robbery
involving use of a
and
aggravated
robbery
involving use of a deadly weapon or something that appears to be a deadly weapon.
Highway
robbery
or
takes place outside and in a
such as a sidewalk, street, or parking
lot
is the act of stealing a car from a victim by force.
is the threat to do something
illegal, or the offer to not do something illegal, in the event that goods are not given, primarily using words
instead of actions.”