A thief is someone who commits a robbery.
A thief is someone who steals or steals . It is, therefore, a person who commits a crime, since stealing and stealing are crimes punishable by law . The crime of theft consists of taking possession of other people's things through the use of violence or intimidation, while theft also involves taking other people's things, but without force or confrontation being involved, but rather silently and while the owners They are not directly in the scene.
For example: “The police caught a thief who had robbed three houses in the neighborhood,” “The victim chased the thieves for several meters, until he lost sight of them,” “My son may be unruly and naughty, but he is not "He is a thief."
Penalties imposed on thieves
The penalty that the law imposes on the thief for his criminal actions depends on his characteristics. When comparing different cases, we can see that the severity of the events can be very different.
Let's look at three cases in which the penalties would be notably different: a person who takes advantage of a passenger's distraction at a train station and, stealthily, takes the passenger's handbag, which was resting on the suitcase; an individual who, on a semi-deserted and dark street, threatens a passer-by with shooting him if he does not hand over his wallet and any valuable belongings he has with him; three individuals who enter a store armed and steal the cash register and the most expensive items, after which they shoot the clerks and leave.
In each of the examples there are subjects who commit similar crimes and each of them can be called a thief. However, anyone who steals a bag will receive a lesser sentence. The man in the alley who uses intimidation will receive the intermediate punishment, while the maximum penalty will fall on the armed group that hurts the shop assistants.
Currently there are several concepts related to thefts carried out over the Internet , and one of the most prominent is identity theft , which consists of a thief impersonating another person, with the purpose of using their credit cards. , access their bank accounts and harm them in other ways, depending on the case and the relationship that existed between them.
Today a thief can act virtually.
Recognized figures
Although the figure of the thief is usually despised and repudiated by society, given the material, physical and psychological damage that it can cause to its victims, certain robberies acquire a magnitude that become authentic urban legends, which transcend time and space, to be repeated for years and, why not, exaggerated and distorted to the liking of whoever relates them. One of them is known as " The Escape of El Dioni ."
Dionisio Rodríguez Martín , known as El Dioni , is currently a public figure in Spain , who appears in various programs of questionable content and morals included in the group of "journalism of the heart." However, in July 1989 he became a thief when he made the decision to escape with an armored van from the company Candi SA , which contained nearly 300 million pesetas .
With the loot, the thief made sure to change his appearance and traveled to Brazil , where he stayed for two months, until the local police arrested him and sentenced him to ten months in prison. Finally, El Dioni was extradited to Spain , where he spent nearly six years in prison, before receiving parole . Only a little more than half of the money could be recovered and the company that owned the van, and former employer of Dionisio Rodríguez Martín , declared bankruptcy.