Legal Definitions - hurto

HURTO

Hurto is a legal term used in Spanish law to refer to theft, larceny, or stealing.

1. The police arrested the suspect for hurto after he was caught stealing a purse from a woman's handbag.

2. The store owner reported a case of hurto when he discovered that some of his merchandise was missing.

These examples illustrate how hurto is used to describe the act of taking someone else's property without their permission. In both cases, the perpetrator committed a crime by stealing something that did not belong to them. The term hurto is often used in legal proceedings to describe the offense of theft.