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Theft

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Taking another person’s movable property without consent and for gain, without the forms of force, violence or intimidation characteristic of robbery or burglary. Value and other circumstances affect classification.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Code · art. 234, art. 235

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