thief

Example Sentences

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Even the prosecutor touring a buried villa that’s become a crime scene, illegally stripped of its frescoes, bemoans what’s been lost when thieves rob a people of their ancestors’ memories.

From Los Angeles Times

What is even more chilling, though, is that it is not just her photos the identity thief has taken.

From BBC

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

What was so important that she had to sneak off like a thief before the sun had even risen?

From Literature

In L.A., the company said, its technology had been deployed to nab porch pirates and car thieves, not to mention played a role in solving a “high-profile crime involving stolen weapons from a politician’s home.”

From Los Angeles Times