thief
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Shehu’s lawyer says his client is neither a drug dealer nor a land thief, and never dealt directly with Kushner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
"You have to choose: either a policeman or a thief," Sanusi said.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Schneider chronicled the campaign in his video, “I tracked down the thief who stole $200,000 in Lego.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
For three glorious seasons between 1983 and 1985, ‘80s kids also had the “Dungeons & Dragons” animated series with its two girl heroes: an acrobat and a thief with an invisibility cloak.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Also, why would the thief get rid of the doorknob where it could be found?
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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A shop owner has described how she locks her door during opening hours and customers have to ring the bell to get in after her store was targeted by thieves last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
"We've had the situation where thieves have gone back into a police station with the money for the goods to pay back to us," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Based on his undercover work, Mr. Wittman figures that thieves can expect, perhaps, to get 10% of an artwork’s estimated value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
At the same time, thousands of potential thieves were laid off from work and sent home from school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Tom became increasingly adept at dealing with what he called “rascality”: cow rustlers, horse thieves, scalawags, pimps, rumrunners, stagecoach robbers, desperadoes, and other human transgressors.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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