German legal terminology distinguishes between the Vermögensdelikt, a general “offense against property” in the sense of diverting (a thing of) compensable value from its proprietor (Fraud), and within that the Eigentumsdelikt, an “offense against (the right of) ownership.” The common denominator of all Eigentumsdelikte in modern criminology and penology is that an owner of a thing suffers its removal, damage…