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thief

[theef] / θif /


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Her charges didn’t make sense to her family, nor did she fit the description of a suspected international wine thief.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The thief hadn’t stolen a famous painting whose absence would leave an empty space on a gallery wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Comparison is the thief of living within your means.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

"It needs to be nipped in the bud because today's petty thief is tomorrow's bank robber," he says.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

The thief turns out to be a sixtysomething unemployed truck driver named Kempton Bunton.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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