floratheft
nounUK /ˈflɔː.rə.θɛft/
US /ˈflɔːr.ə.θɛft/
Floratheft is the act of taking flowers that belong to someone else.
The gardener reported floratheft after someone picked all the roses from her front yard.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The crime of cutting and removing cultivated flowers from a public or private garden without permission.
City officials added signs warning that floratheft would result in a fine.
3. In fantasy stories, the magical stealing of a flower's bloom or life force.
The woodland sprite was accused of floratheft after the enchanted lilies wilted overnight.
4. A playful term for secretly taking a flower from a bouquet to give to someone else.
He committed a harmless floratheft, plucking one daisy from the table arrangement for his date.