Property crimes

thumb|upright=1.35|The traditional "Jolly Roger" flag of piracy

thumb|right|200px|A fake automated teller slot used to commit bank fraud upon bank patrons In law, fraud is intentional deception to deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain from a victim unlawfully or unfairly. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to thwart the fraud or recover monetary compensation) or criminal law (e.g., a fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted and imprisoned by governmental authorities), or it may be an element of another civil or criminal wrong despite itself causing no loss of money, property, or legal right. The purpose of fra

thumb|Vandalised façade and [[bicycle in Hamburg, Germany]]

thumb|The plundering of the Frankfurter Judengasse, 22 August 1614

thumb|Of Usury, from Sebastian Brant|Brant's Stultifera Navis (Ship of Fools), 1494; [[woodcut attributed to Albrecht Dürer]]

thumb|280px|right|The remains of Kyoto Animation Studio 1 after being set ablaze by an arsonist

thumb|Looting|Loot and Extortion. Statues at [[Trago Mills, poking fun at the Inland Revenue.]] Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money, goods, or regular payments) from an individual or group through coercion, usually by threatening them with future psychological or physical harm. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence. Unlike extortion, robbery is the obtaining of goods using immediate personal violence, or the immediate threat of violence, usually in a one-off situation.

Embezzlement (from Anglo-Norman, from Old French besillier ("to torment, etc."), of unknown origin) is a type of financial crime, usually involving theft of money from a business or employer. It often involves a trusted individual taking advantage of their position to steal funds or assets, most commonly over a period of time.

type of fraud where the victim unknowingly engages in one way trade with the perpetrator

Dekulakization (; ) was a campaign of repression in the Soviet Union directed against so-called kulaks, a loosely defined category of supposedly wealthy or exploitative peasants. The campaign involved mass arrests, executions, expropriation of property, and deportations of entire households to remote and inhospitable regions.

thumb|350px|Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican. thumb|upright=1.25|"Dandy PickPockets Diving: Scene Near St. James Palace" (1818) by Isaac Robert Cruikshank|I. R. Cruikshank Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A thief who works in this manner is known as a pickpocket.

natural or intentional damage or destruction of public or private property

act of uncovering a tomb or crypt to steal artifacts or personal effects

Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person (see below), trespass to chattels, and trespass to land.

thumb|A person in a store slipping an item into his pocket thumb|Notice warning shoplifters of potentially being arrested in Subang Parade, Malaysia

theft of vehicles

any act committed to defraud an insurance process, when a claimant attempts to obtain some benefit or advantage that one is not entitled to, or when an insurer knowingly denies some benefit that is due

any crime involving elements of acquiring, possessing, or trafficking in stolen property knowingly

Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also statutory law), where in many cases it remains in force.

illegal and usually forceful entry to an occupied, private dwelling with intent to commit a violent crime against the occupants

class of crimes involving misappropriation of or damage to someone else's property

person or company profiteering from war or conflict

seizure of properties belonging to the Armenian community by the Ottoman and Turkish governments

Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal

right|290px|thumb|A pedestrian engaging in carwalking in Lyon, [[France.]] Carwalking is the act of walking across a stationary car, often done in response to cars parked illegally in pedestrian areas. This can result in damage to the vehicle and is a form of protest against high motorization rates in urban areas.