the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

The unlawful taking of the property of another; larceny, (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny, The act of stealing property

A police officer, The head or top of a thing; especially, the top of a hill, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound, verb_ take into custody, take by theft, transitive verb_ To get hold of; gain or win, To take unlawfully or without permission; steal, intransitive verb_ usually with "to" (slang) to admit, especially to a crime