thief
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He is also on a mission — to clear his father’s name as the wrongfully convicted thief of a valuable necklace owned by the Pellegrini family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
I also witnessed a tense moment of police trying to control a situation with a possible thief.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
For three glorious seasons between 1983 and 1985, ‘80s kids also had the “Dungeons & Dragons” animated series with its two girl heroes: an acrobat and a thief with an invisibility cloak.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
I’m about to yell at the thief, but the cold of the Eloko rushes into my shirt.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Crypto accounts, bank accounts and even eBay accounts are also vulnerable to phishing scams where thieves send an email with a link and implore you to click.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The thieves, they have already taken all our stuff at home, so we don't have anything. But it's better to go home without anything than to lose our lives," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
That goes the same, she says, for wine thieves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
During the spree thieves took expensive watches, valuable jewellery and souvenirs including sports jerseys.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
It was then that the rats were driven to become scavengers and thieves, living on the fringes of a world run by men.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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