What is another word for stolen goods?

Pronunciation: [stˈə͡ʊlən ɡˈʊdz] (IPA)

Stolen goods are items that are taken without permission or by force. There are many synonyms that can be used to refer to stolen goods, depending on the context. Examples include: pilfered goods, looted items, burgled possessions, embezzled assets, swindled property, misappropriated belongings, illicitly obtained objects, unlawfully acquired goods, contraband merchandise, illegally taken possessions, purloined articles, and appropriated chattels. Each of these synonyms depicts the same concept of goods that were obtained by means other than lawful or authorized acquisition. The use of these words creates a more nuanced discussion of the type of theft that occurred and can add color to legal or criminal proceedings.

What are the hypernyms for Stolen goods?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Stolen goods

  • Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
    Dag Hammarskjold
  • Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
    H. L. Mencken
  • While posing as the pursuer of thieves, and the restorer of stolen goods, the government is actually the biggest thief of all. In fact, progressives have turned a large body of Americans—basically, Democratic voters—into accessories of theft by convincing them that they are doing something just and moral by picking their fellow citizens' pockets.
    Dinesh D'Souza
  • Progressives have convinced people that they are fighting theft. If a greedy capitalist has looted your possessions, you would want the government to do something about it. An essential function of government is to bring thieves to justice and to restore stolen possessions to their rightful owners. If the progressive critique is valid, then it doesn't matter if government does it inefficiently, since there is no one else to do the job: inefficient justice is better than no justice. Moreover, when we ask the police to go after bad guys and repossess their stolen goods, we aren't concerned with whether we foster virtue among the "giver" and gratitude in the "receiver." That's because the giver isn't really giving; he's merely giving back, and the receiver has no cause for gratitude since he (or she) is merely being made whole. In this scenario, Americans who are sitting in the bandwagon have earned that right, and the people pulling are the thieves who deserve to be penalized and castigated. This is why I've devoted the bulk of this book to refuting the theft critique. If I've succeeded, then the whole progressive argument collapses and our federal government, far from being an instrument of justice, now becomes an instrument of plunder.
    Dinesh D'Souza
  • The state — or, to make the matter more concrete, the government — consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.
    H. L. Mencken

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