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the oldest economy, where everyone agrees it's wrong until they're the one short on cash
means The act of taking something that belongs to someone else without permission and with no intention of giving it back.
from From Old English 'stelan,' to take wrongfully or secretly — a word with deep Germanic roots, a cousin of Dutch 'stelen' and German 'stehlen.' The 'stealth' family rides along here too: to steal was, at heart, to move unseen, which tells you the crime and the craft were always tangled together.
Brain rewardTheft lights up the same dopamine circuits as winning
Pirate codeBuccaneers had stricter anti-theft rules than navies
Magpie mythStudies show magpies actually fear shiny objects
Famous heistThe Mona Lisa was stolen by a museum worker in 1911
Legal loopholeFinding lost cash you keep can count as theft