thief
Example Sentences
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The city’s parking enforcement and transportation officers were removed from the field over the weekend after copper wire thieves damaged a key communications tower in Elysian Park, leaving several departments with inoperable radios.
From Los Angeles Times
If the thieves who dropped Empress Eugenie’s crown outside the Louvre during this year’s heist, sparked an interest in jeweled headgear, try this encyclopedic guide to the world’s most famous tiaras.
The alleged bottle thief could suffer public humiliation and/or private scorn if you tell the host and other guests what happened.
From MarketWatch
Instead, her family says, thieves drove off with a gold necklace that was priceless to her because it carried the ashes of her late daughter.
From Los Angeles Times
He hopes the thief can be held accountable for the harm that came to Sparky.
From Los Angeles Times
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