Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
THEFT
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
(noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; “the thieving is awful at Kennedy International”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
theft (countable and uncountable, plural thefts)
The act of stealing property.
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Source: Wiktionary
Theft, n. Etym: [OE. thefte, AS. Þiéfthe, Þ\'dffthe, Þeófthe. See Thief.]
1. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery.
2. The thing stolen. [R.] If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double. Ex. xxii. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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