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** BrainTheft: Stealing someone's gray matter.
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* FilchingFoodForFun: Stealing someone else's food as a prank or a petty revenge, done mainly because of the thrill and excitement.
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* ReplacedWithReplica: Stealing a plot-important item, and then replacing it with a fake.
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* MissionImpossibleCableDrop: Someone drops from the ceiling on a wire to steal a heavily-guarded object.
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* ThievingPet: A pet who steals human things.
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* HeistEpisode: An caper-style episode where the characters have to steal something.
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* SuspiciousSpending: Often funded through ill-gotten gains.
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* MistakenForThief: A character didn't really steal, but is wrongly thought to have done so.
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* ArmedBlag
* TheArtfulDodger
* BallisticDiscount
* BanditMook
* BanditClan
* BankRobbery
* BlatantBurglar
* TheCaper
* CaperCrew
* CaperRationalization
* ChekhovsExhibit
* ClairvoyantSecurityForce
* ClassyCatBurglar
* ClotheslineStealing
* CoinOnAStringTrick
* ConfiscatedPhone
* TheConvenientStoreNextDoor
* TheCrimeJob
* CutleryEscapeAid
* DesertBandits
* DoubleCaper
* EmptyQuiver
* TheFagin
* FakingAndEntering
* FalseFalseAlarm
* FellOffTheBackOfATruck
* FilmFelons
* FiveFingerDiscount
* GentlemanThief
* GiveMeBackMyWallet
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen
* GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt
* GrandTheftPrototype
* GraveRobbing
* HandOfGlory
* HeroStoleMyBike
* HighSpeedHijack
* TheHighwayman
* HonorAmongThieves
* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas
* ImpossibleTheft
* InsideJob
* IntangibleTheft
* JustLikeRobinHood
* KarmicThief
* KingOfThieves
* KleptomaniacHero
* LittleMissConArtist
* LockpickingMinigame
* MonumentalTheft
* MooksAteMyEquipment (the effect is basically stealing)
* MuggedForDisguise
* NobleShoplifter
* NoHonorAmongThieves
* OrganTheft
* OutlawCouple
* OutlawTown
* PantyThief
* PennyShaving
* PercussivePickpocket
* PhantomThief
* PirateBooty
* {{Plunder}}
* RobbingTheDead
* RobbingTheMobBank
* RoguishPoacher
* TheRustler
* {{Safecracking}}
* SalvagePirates
* TheScrounger
* SecretTestOfThievingSkill
* ShopliftAndDie
* ShouldntYouStopStealing
* StealTheSurroundings
* StealingFromTheHotel
* StealingFromTheTill
* StickyFingers
* StolenByStayingStill
* StolenGoodReturnedBetter
* StolenMacGuffinReveal
* StreetUrchin
* StrippingTheScarecrow
* StupidCrooks
* TakingOverTheTown
* ThiefBag
* ThievesGuild
* ThievingMagpie
* TrainJob
* VideoGameStealing
* WhiteCollarCrime
* ArmedBlag
* TheArtfulDodger
* BallisticDiscount
* BanditMook
* BanditClan
* BankRobbery
* BlatantBurglar
* TheCaper
* CaperCrew
* CaperRationalization
* ChekhovsExhibit
* ClairvoyantSecurityForce
* ClassyCatBurglar
* ClotheslineStealing
* CoinOnAStringTrick
* ConfiscatedPhone
* TheConvenientStoreNextDoor
* TheCrimeJob
* CutleryEscapeAid
* DesertBandits
* DoubleCaper
* EmptyQuiver
* TheFagin
* FakingAndEntering
* FalseFalseAlarm
* FellOffTheBackOfATruck
* FilmFelons
* FiveFingerDiscount
* GentlemanThief
* GiveMeBackMyWallet
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen
* GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt
* GrandTheftPrototype
* GraveRobbing
* HandOfGlory
* HeroStoleMyBike
* HighSpeedHijack
* TheHighwayman
* HonorAmongThieves
* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas
* ImpossibleTheft
* InsideJob
* IntangibleTheft
* JustLikeRobinHood
* KarmicThief
* KingOfThieves
* KleptomaniacHero
* LittleMissConArtist
* LockpickingMinigame
* MonumentalTheft
* MooksAteMyEquipment (the effect is basically stealing)
* MuggedForDisguise
* NobleShoplifter
* NoHonorAmongThieves
* OrganTheft
* OutlawCouple
* OutlawTown
* PantyThief
* PennyShaving
* PercussivePickpocket
* PhantomThief
* PirateBooty
* {{Plunder}}
* RobbingTheDead
* RobbingTheMobBank
* RoguishPoacher
* TheRustler
* {{Safecracking}}
* SalvagePirates
* TheScrounger
* SecretTestOfThievingSkill
* ShopliftAndDie
* ShouldntYouStopStealing
* StealTheSurroundings
* StealingFromTheHotel
* StealingFromTheTill
* StickyFingers
* StolenByStayingStill
* StolenGoodReturnedBetter
* StolenMacGuffinReveal
* StreetUrchin
* StrippingTheScarecrow
* StupidCrooks
* TakingOverTheTown
* ThiefBag
* ThievesGuild
* ThievingMagpie
* TrainJob
* VideoGameStealing
* WhiteCollarCrime
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* AffectionatePickpocket
AffectionatePickpocket: Someone pretends to hug/kiss a person they're stealing from.
*ArmedBlag
ArmedBlag: A plot focusing on the theft of an armored car carrying someone's payroll.
*TheArtfulDodger
TheArtfulDodger: A homeless kid who steals and doesn't mind being homeless.
*BallisticDiscount
BallisticDiscount: A villain steals a gun from a store and shoots the clerk.
*BanditMook
BanditMook: Video game villains who steal.
*BanditClan
BanditClan: A family of robbers who live in a rural area.
*BankRobbery
BankRobbery: Just what it sounds like, one or more people rob a bank.
*BlatantBurglar
BlatantBurglar: A burglar wears obviously shifty clothes.
*TheCaper
TheCaper: A group of protagonists organize an elaborate robbery.
*CaperCrew
CaperCrew: A group of thieves, each of which has a special job.
*CaperRationalization
CaperRationalization: The group of people doing The Caper have a good reason to steal.
*ChekhovsExhibit
ChekhovsExhibit: If a fancy exhibit is shown in a museum, you bet it will be stolen.
*ClairvoyantSecurityForce
ClairvoyantSecurityForce: Even though something looks unguarded, someone who tries to steal it will be stopped by a guard.
*ClassyCatBurglar
ClassyCatBurglar: A female thief who's seen as sophisticated.
*ClotheslineStealing
ClotheslineStealing: A character needs clothes and steals some from a clothesline.
*CoinOnAStringTrick
CoinOnAStringTrick: Characters tying a coin into a string, inserting it into a coin-operated machine, then pulling it out.
*ConfiscatedPhone
ConfiscatedPhone: Interrupting a call by taking the phone.
*TheConvenientStoreNextDoor
TheConvenientStoreNextDoor: A store is right next door to the place people want to rob.
*TheCrimeJob
TheCrimeJob: A crime story called "The [X] Job".
*CutleryEscapeAid
CutleryEscapeAid: Using a utensil to escape from prison.
*DesertBandits
DesertBandits: Impoverished robbers in the desert.
*DoubleCaper
DoubleCaper: Protagonists are told to steal, they find out their boss was a fraud, and go to steal from him/her.
*EmptyQuiver
EmptyQuiver: Nukes are bound to be stolen.
*TheFagin
TheFagin: A male criminal who adopts children and has them steal for him.
*FakingAndEntering
FakingAndEntering: Someone deliberately trashes their friend's house that they are robbing so that nobody would suspect them.
*FalseFalseAlarm
FalseFalseAlarm: Thieves set off an alarm but convince the guards it's no big deal.
*FellOffTheBackOfATruck
FellOffTheBackOfATruck: Stealing something or buying something stolen and claiming it fell off a truck.
*FilmFelons
FilmFelons: Covering up an EvilPlan (usually a robbery) by pretending to be making a TV show or a movie.
*FiveFingerDiscount
FiveFingerDiscount: Stealing money from people's pockets.
*GentlemanThief
GentlemanThief: A Classy Cat-Burglar except GenderInverted.
*GiveMeBackMyWallet
GiveMeBackMyWallet: Snarking at and/or stealing back from a pickpocket.
*GoneSwimmingClothesStolen
GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Someone steals the clothes of SkinnyDipping people.
*GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt
GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt: Someone wants something trendy but isn't allowed/can't afford it, so they steal (or attempt to steal) it.
*GrandTheftPrototype
GrandTheftPrototype: Somebody steals a prototype weapon during a war.
*GraveRobbing
GraveRobbing: Stealing dead bodies.
*HandOfGlory
HandOfGlory: A severed hand that is either holding a candle or each of its fingers are lit like candles, sometimes used to help people steal.
*HeroStoleMyBike
HeroStoleMyBike: During an action-packed scene, a hero steals a scooter/bike/tricycle from a child.
*HighSpeedHijack
HighSpeedHijack: Hijacking a moving vehicle.
*TheHighwayman
TheHighwayman: A man who robs people on highways.
*HonorAmongThieves
HonorAmongThieves: Thieves have a few virtues.
*HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas
HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: A villain tries to stop a holiday from being celebrated by taking the things associated with the holiday (often a [[ShoutOut parody]] of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'').
*ImpossibleTheft
ImpossibleTheft: Stealing something that's practically impossible to steal.
*InsideJob
InsideJob: A crime, normally a robbery, committed by someone with license to enter restricted areas, etc.
*IntangibleTheft
IntangibleTheft: Stealing an abstract concept, something like a name, or something that exists but isn't a physical object (like a smell or a shadow).
*JustLikeRobinHood
JustLikeRobinHood: A thief who only robs bad guys and then gives the loot away to the poor.
*KarmicThief
KarmicThief: A thief who robs bad guys, but keeps the things they steal.
*KingOfThieves
KingOfThieves: The leader/most important criminal, usually a thief.
*KleptomaniacHero
KleptomaniacHero: A video game protagonist who steals a lot.
*LittleMissConArtist
LittleMissConArtist: A little girl steals.
*LockpickingMinigame
LockpickingMinigame: Part of a video game that involves picking a lock.
*MonumentalTheft
MonumentalTheft: Stealing a large monument.
* MooksAteMyEquipment (the effect is basicallystealing)
stealing, and it's when game villains eat the protagonist's stuff)
*MuggedForDisguise
MuggedForDisguise: Characters have to disguise themselves as the enemy, so they mug some enemies of their clothes.
*NobleShoplifter
NobleShoplifter: Someone is virtuous but needs to steal from stores.
*NoHonorAmongThieves
NoHonorAmongThieves: The villains (who are generally a group of thieves) don't trust each other.
*OrganTheft
OrganTheft: Taking live people's internal organs.
*OutlawCouple
OutlawCouple: Two lovers who are both criminals, usually robbers.
*OutlawTown
OutlawTown: A settlement designed for fugitives.
*PantyThief
PantyThief: Somebody (generally a pervert) who steals women's and/or girls' underwear.
*PennyShaving
PennyShaving: Stealing tiny amounts of money to avoid being caught.
*PercussivePickpocket
PercussivePickpocket: A pickpocket pretends to bump into the person they're robbing.
*PhantomThief
PhantomThief: An elusive thief who disappears.
*PirateBooty
PirateBooty: {{Pirate}}s steal boxes of gold and/or jewels.
*{{Plunder}}
{{Plunder}}: Heroes who steal money.
*RobbingTheDead
RobbingTheDead: Stealing from a dead person.
*RobbingTheMobBank
RobbingTheMobBank: A thief steals from another criminal, who tries to get the thief caught.
*RoguishPoacher
RoguishPoacher: A hero who steals animals for food.
*TheRustler
TheRustler: Somebody who has the talents of a cowboy/cowgirl but steals the farm animals.
*{{Safecracking}}
{{Safecracking}}: Stealing or breaking into safes.
*SalvagePirates
SalvagePirates: Robbing people who need rescuing.
*TheScrounger
TheScrounger: A character who shows up with supplies for burglars for unexplained reasons.
*SecretTestOfThievingSkill
SecretTestOfThievingSkill: A character has another character steal something in order to test their stealing abilities.
*ShopliftAndDie
ShopliftAndDie: A game where you're meant to shoplift but if you fail, someone or something will kill you.
*ShouldntYouStopStealing
ShouldntYouStopStealing: A character used to have a good reason to do something bad (usually stealing) but now they don't but keep doing it anyway.
*StealTheSurroundings
StealTheSurroundings: Somebody steals what surrounds the thing they want to steal.
*StealingFromTheHotel
StealingFromTheHotel: A character stays at a hotel and takes things like towels/stationery/toiletries/etc.
*StealingFromTheTill
StealingFromTheTill: A character is meant to handle other people's money or whatever but steals it, also called embezzlement.
*StickyFingers
StickyFingers: Somebody is a kleptomaniac or otherwise steals just for fun.
*StolenByStayingStill
StolenByStayingStill: Stealing something by making people think it disappeared.
*StolenGoodReturnedBetter
StolenGoodReturnedBetter: Someone steals and improves an object, then the person who was robbed gets it back.
*StolenMacGuffinReveal
StolenMacGuffinReveal: The hero steals an object everyone wants, but then another person reveals that they've also stolen it and the one the villain has is usually a decoy.
*StreetUrchin
StreetUrchin: A homeless kid who steals to survive.
*StrippingTheScarecrow
StrippingTheScarecrow: Taking the clothes from a scarecrow or a mannequin.
*StupidCrooks
StupidCrooks: A robber who fails spectacularly at being stealthy.
*TakingOverTheTown
TakingOverTheTown: The villains take over a town and steal from it.
*ThiefBag
ThiefBag: A bag full of stolen items.
*ThievesGuild
ThievesGuild: An elite team of thieves.
*ThievingMagpie
ThievingMagpie: Magpies are kleptomaniacs and a lot of them favor shiny objects.
*TrainJob
TrainJob: Boarding a train in order to steal from it.
*VideoGameStealing
VideoGameStealing: Video game characters steal in unrealistic ways.
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