thieving

Example Sentences

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Alcutt recently encountered a woman who was part of a suspected thieving group processing stolen copper in an encampment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

By contrast, the 1974 James Caan/Alan Arkin buddy cop movie “Freebie and the Bean” became one of her favorite movies, thanks to its thieving female impersonator.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024

The seeds were there—not to make the case that Bankman-Fried was innocent or a victim of circumstance, but that he was the type of thieving fraud worthy of some extra consideration.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024

Surveillance video depicting the accused robbers and their purported thieving was posted on Twitter by the Irvine Police Department.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2023

“You carried off one of my stockings last night, and you are a thieving cad, and I hope Mrs. Dudley can hear me.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson