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[theft] / θɛft /


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“I call this an emergent crime,” said Ben Stickle, a criminal justice professor at Middle Tennessee State University, who has studied metal theft.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

For a city that’s espoused much pride in its military history, the nature of the theft was as much an insult as it was an injury.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Among the witnesses this week will be a senior garda officer who is expected to provide initial evidence about the theft of the car used in the explosion.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

EBT cards are more susceptible to theft because most don't have a chip, only a magnetic strip.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

In the Mona Lisa theft, we can see this toxic way of thinking in action.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Detectives combed through video surveillance footage and identified a suspect, Sean Paul Green, whom prosecutors allege was also responsible for the bronze thefts in Tustin and other cities, including Long Beach and Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

As part of a crackdown targeting mobile phone thefts - which in London often involve such bikes - they claim it has helped cut offences by 13,000 in a year.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The companies giving evidence to the committee rejected the suggestion they were profiting from phone thefts.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The recent spate of thefts is worrying officials.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

She told them a number of other stories about art thefts, some of the plottings ingenious and some a mess.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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