The Emergence Machine

Steal

process · crime · Level 10 · E10

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Emergence definition

The act of taking possession of someone else's property without their permission, which is a prerequisite for a crime, thereby violating social norms and laws, and resulting in punishment or penalty.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “steal” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
steal
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0StealPossessionPropertyCrimePersonRight… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBurglaryL13RobberyL14StealL10CrimeL7PossessionL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Crime L7 (requires)
    Stealing is a crime
  • Possession L9 (requires)
    Stealing takes another's possession

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