MODEL PENAL CODE ANNOTATED
 

MODEL PENAL CODE

 
 Section 223.0. Definitions.

 In this Article, unless a different meaning plainly is required:

 (1) "deprive" means:  (a) to withhold property of another permanently or for so extended a period as to appropriate a major portion of its economic value, or with intent to restore only upon payment of reward or other compensation; or (b) to dispose of the property so as to make it unlikely that the owner will recover it.

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