such as metalworking and basket manufacturing. Consequently, due to these limitations, Romani individuals increasingly turned to begging, pickpocketing and stealing in order to survive poverty, thereby reinforcing the stereotype that Romani people are thieves that had followed them since their arrival in Europe.

Religious views

Buddhism

In Buddhism, one of the five precepts prohibits theft, and involves the intention to steal what one perceives as not belonging to oneself ("what

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