theft
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He also admitted one count of theft, which related to money stolen from collections meant for 12 charities, including the Salvation Army and Macmillan Cancer Support as well as local causes.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Chinese open-weight models have brought along concerns of intellectual-property theft.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
"If we see, especially that overseas models are stealing from our great companies, we have the ability to sanction them because of this theft," Bessent told Fox Business on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Newsom drew a parallel to the plague of retail theft that captivated the state not long ago, and which the state has successfully combated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It was the opposite of observation, the opposite of how Leonardo would have wanted the Mona Lisa theft investigated.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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It sealed the vaults that house the copper wire with a “special glue,” Derdarian said, which has reduced the number of additional thefts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The rooftop thefts are a newer trend in the Pasadena area and have amounted to more damage than what the copper material is worth, Cuellar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust - an independent trust which manages the shrine - held its first meeting on Monday after allegations of donation thefts surfaced last month.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
London has some of the highest rates per thousand people of personal robbery and thefts in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I mean...he was convicted for a bunch of thefts, right?”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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