receiving stolen goods

  • 1receiving stolen goods — or property Criminal offense of receiving any property with the knowledge that it has been feloniously, or unlawfully stolen, taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, or disposed of. Receiving stolen property a statutory crime separate from the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 2receiving stolen goods or property — Criminal offense of receiving any property with the knowledge that it has been feloniously, or unlawfully stolen, taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, or disposed of. Receiving stolen property a statutory crime separate from the crime involved… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3receiving stolen goods — Same as receiving stolen property …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4receiving stolen property — receiving stolen goods or property Criminal offense of receiving any property with the knowledge that it has been feloniously, or unlawfully stolen, taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, or disposed of. Receiving stolen property a statutory crime …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 5receiving stolen property — A criminal offense in receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen in some jurisdictions a substantive crime, indictable and punishable as an offense separate and distinct from the larceny itself. In other jurisdictions an accessorial …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 6stolen goods — See receiving stolen goods; stolen …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 7receiving stolen property — criminal act of receiving stolen goods …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 8receiving stolen property — n. The crime of receiving and accepting property or goods known to be stolen; see also fence The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. receiving stolen property …

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  • 9handling stolen goods — the crime in English law of receiving goods or undertaking or assisting in the retention, removal, disposal or realisation for another, knowing or believing them to be stolen. For Scotland, See reset. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart.… …

    Law dictionary

  • 10Possession of stolen goods — is a crime in which an individual has bought, been given, or acquired stolen goods some other way.OverviewIn the U.S. and most other countries, if the individual knew the goods were stolen then it is usually prosecuted as a misdemeanor or felony …

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