thief
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“It would have been more honorable to have been an anonymous thief in the night,” Savery said at Monday’s hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
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
Eileen Fox, 56, said she confronted the suspected thief - who she described as a regular shoplifter - and grabbed hold of her coat sleeve.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Maybe the Mona Lisa thief had been inspired by Arsène Lupin!
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
The Mayor of Villena, Fulgencio Cerdán, said the thieves "stole a large part of the treasure," specifically all the gold, El Pais reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Australian police said Wednesday they were on the hunt for thieves who made off with hundreds of thousands of oysters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Flock Safety claims over 5,000 law enforcement agencies use its license plate readers to help locate missing persons, catch thieves and identify suspicious vehicles.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Plus, I’m-a give you another fifty once we get them thieves back here.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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