thieving
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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
Nick is bedeviled by his thieving foes, fascinated by them, and now has nothing to lose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 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
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
One might fear for Rufus, the thieving, simple shepherd, if his path crossed theirs!
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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