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

Judges found the accused guilty of harassing Magali Berdah, spurred on by a campaign by the French rapper Booba against "thieving influencers".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

She plays a thieving fox whom Po apprehends stealing relics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Then he said: “Look, boy, do you really want that thieving old dog?”

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson