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Potentially impacting this year’s race, the San Jose Police Department placed Truong on leave after the district attorney’s office charged him with felony grand theft tied to mortgage fraud allegations.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The suspect was previously arrested on a grand theft charge in 2023, Smith said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
The suspect was identified as 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, who was arrested for grand theft last year.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
Looting patrols in Pinellas County over the last three weeks rounded up 45 suspects on 68 charges that included armed robbery, burglary, loitering and prowling, grand theft, vandalism and trespassing, according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1930, in the meaning defined above
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“Grand theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20theft. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
Legal Definition
grand theft
see theft
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