不告而取不一定就是偷 --- 这就是美国的法律 -- 信不信由你

小妇人没有隐瞒的意思。偷（分好几种）在美国法律下的定义包括至少两个因素：（1）taking the object and (2) a motive (intention) -- not to repay. If 小妇人's daughter's motive is to (1) get debt paid or (2) will repay the neighbour later, then there cannot be a conviction of 偷 under any state law.

Believe it or now, if you take your neighbour's car in the morning and return it a few days later, it is not a larceny or theft.