thief

Example Sentences

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Systems are imperfect and mistakes happen, meaning “there is an intrinsic risk” that a thief will steal your sensitive data, Schwartz says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Next year’s “Gatto,” about a feline thief in Venice, features animal fur and human hair that look like they were painted by hand, rather than a computer trying to simulate the real thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

I would pry them off with my fingers and eat them standing at the stove, like a tiny kitchen thief.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Seven-year-old Fred Jones, from Manningtree, Essex, who plays Johnny in the show, said it was an amazing experience, even when a cheeky thief ran off with his breakfast.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Pieret urged the portrait’s thief not to sell the painting but to confide in the Paris-Journal.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day