• mathic@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    Technically, if you intend to return it eventually, it’s not theft.

    Theft, under the common law of England, as brought to the U.S., is the deprivation of personal property of another with the intention to permanently deprive them of it. If you don’t have that intent, it’s not theft. That’s why we have “joyriding” and “grand theft auto” as separate things.