GEN595 The Talmud, discussing the biblical description of spiritual conditions prior to the Flood, concludes that the destruction of that generation was finalized only when they were guilty of robbery.  Sanhedrin 108b  It should be noted that the word chamas – “wrongdoing” – is understood in halakhic terms as referring to the theft of a marginal item (less than shaveh prutah).  Pre-Deluge society was to be destroyed because of all –pervasive economic immorality that concerned itself with the theft of even relatively unimportant things. Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch on this verse.  In our day this could be construed as covering those areas not commonly viewed as criminal, such as exploiting expense accounts, exploiting consumer ignorance by overcharging slightly, or holding back due payments in order to benefit from inflationary price changes.  TAMARI 41-2