Colloquial British term for the act of stealing or having stolen an item of interest. The term depicts the action of theft used in informal
conversation, typically amongst youths. Originating in Scottish high schools the term has widely become used throughout England and is now recognised in most of the
United Kingdom however the word does not appear in the Oxford
English Dictionary and would be considered 'slang terminology'.
Example 1. (In
description)
The boys had chored enough
merchandise from the shop that it was forced to close for the day.
Example 2. (In
conversation)
Boy 1: "I've never seen that before, did you chore it?"
Boy 2: "Aye, I chored it from the school".