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

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

She plays a thieving fox whom Po apprehends stealing relics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Sentencing, the district judge said: "Seemingly, even the birds are not beyond your thieving grasp. You may conceive of these as just eggs but they are protected. This was a deplorable thing to do."

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

That didn’t mean he was going to let himself be bested by some thieving merch.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo