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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> | # 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. | # 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, Baba Metzia 61a-b points out that ribbit (lending with interest), [Onaat Mamon] (overcharging), and imbalanced weights are also forms of stealing. | # Additionally, Baba Metzia 61a-b points out that 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>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 19 note 13 </ref> | ||
# One who commits fraud, | # 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> | ||
==Statements of Chazal Regarding the Severity== | ==Statements of Chazal Regarding the Severity== |