Which category covers a theft from a store where items are not paid for?

Which category covers a theft from a store where items are not paid for?

• A. Larceny - Gas Drive Off
• B. Larceny - Shoplifting
• C. Larceny - Vehicle Theft
• D. Larceny - Pickpocket

Answer: (B)

Taking merchandise from a store without paying fits shoplifting, which is a form of larceny. Larceny covers unlawfully taking someone else’s property with the intent to permanently deprive them of it, and shoplifting specifies that this theft occurs inside a retail environment with unpaid goods. In this scenario, the items are stolen from a store and not paid for, so the best label is shoplifting. The other situations describe different theft contexts—stealing fuel at a gas station is a gas drive-off, stealing a car is vehicle theft, and stealing from a person is a pickpocket—so they don’t apply to a store-without-payment theft.

Taking merchandise from a store without paying fits shoplifting, which is a form of larceny. Larceny covers unlawfully taking someone else’s property with the intent to permanently deprive them of it, and shoplifting specifies that this theft occurs inside a retail environment with unpaid goods. In this scenario, the items are stolen from a store and not paid for, so the best label is shoplifting. The other situations describe different theft contexts—stealing fuel at a gas station is a gas drive-off, stealing a car is vehicle theft, and stealing from a person is a pickpocket—so they don’t apply to a store-without-payment theft.