heist
Example Sentences
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An official audit of the museum published shortly after the heist highlighted the institution's inadequate security systems and ageing infrastructure.
From BBC
This and the fact that the thieves deliberately bypassed the one crown containing fake gems were fairly solid signals, Mr. Wittman says, that the heist was an inside job.
Four people have already charged over the heist - three men and a woman, who also live in the Paris region.
From BBC
The budding friendship will be tested by a high-stakes heist, carried out during the city's centennial gala by a snake, a species long banned from the city.
From Barron's
PARIS—French authorities said they’ve detained four more people in connection to the Louvre heist, including a man suspected of being the only thief to remain at large after purloining the nation’s crown jewels.
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