thief

Example Sentences

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What is even more chilling, though, is that it is not just her photos the identity thief has taken.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Next year’s “Gatto,” about a feline thief in Venice, features animal fur and human hair that look like they were painted by hand, rather than a computer trying to simulate the real thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

I would pry them off with my fingers and eat them standing at the stove, like a tiny kitchen thief.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Chris Hemsworth, taking a break from wielding Thor’s hammer, stars as a meticulous Los Angeles jewel thief with no past and no fixed identity; his real name, or one of them, is apparently James Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"I am absolutely, definitely not the slipper thief," she said firmly.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene