In the public dressing room of a department store, a seventeen-year-old high school student puts on a sweater underneath his coat and walks out of the store without paying for the sweater. What crime, if any, was committed?

a. Burglary
b. Robbery
c. Theft
d. Theft of service


Answer: c. Theft

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