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 # גזילה - gezela is grabbing something from someone else's possession by force, in plain sight <ref> Vayikra 19:13, Baba Kama 79b, Rambam Hilchot Gezela 1:3, Shulchan Aruch CM 359:7.</ref>
 # עושק - oshek is to withhold somebody else's item from them with force, such as they gave you money and now are asking for it back and you refuse to give it.
-# Additionally, [[Ribbit]] (lending with interest), [[Onaat Mamon]] (overcharging), and imbalanced weights are also forms of stealing. See Rashi there d"h Lama Li that these are all forms of causing financial loss to another person.<ref>Baba Metzia 61a-b, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 19 note 13 </ref>
+# Additionally, [[Ribbit]] (lending with interest), [[Onaat Mamon]] (overcharging or cheating), and imbalanced weights are also forms of stealing as these are all forms of causing financial loss to another person.<ref>Baba Metzia 61a-b, Rashi s.v. Lama Li, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 19 note 13 </ref>
-# One who commits fraud, whether it is the seller defrauding the buyer or the buyer defrauding the seller, violates a Torah prohibition. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 62:1 </ref>
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