thievery

Nestlé said it had publicized the incident with humor to raise awareness around the more serious issue of thievery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Sir Elton, in an interview with the BBC, compared it to "committing theft, thievery on a high scale".

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

We won’t have an answer until judges start weighing in on the lawsuits challenging the AI firms’ exploitation of published materials — on whether it’s thievery or fair use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

In the last few years, though, homeless encampments have multiplied in the surrounding streets and thievery has become so relentless that the brothers are ready to give up and sell their business.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

In Blake's drawing of Brunelleschi, the attacking serpent is not so much an infernal punishment for Brunelleschi's thieveries as a symbol of the envy that made him a thief.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crisis is achieved when the Mayor's thieveries threaten to reflect on his daughter, but there is a boy who loves her and who is able to protect the Mayor's good name for her sake.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor can we at this distant day blame them very much or wax so indignant as did their master over their thieveries.

From George Washington: Farmer by Haworth, Paul Leland

"Now, let's ask him about the thieveries that have been going on," suggested Ned Rector.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch by Patchin, Frank Gee

"We'll pass up the petty thieveries, for the present, and look a little higher," he said gravely.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis