thievery

Nestlé said it had publicized the incident with humor to raise awareness around the more serious issue of thievery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Sir Elton, in an interview with the BBC, compared it to "committing theft, thievery on a high scale".

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

SAG-AFTRA has already warned that AI models are built on the backs of countless human performances, without consent or compensation — which of course is not true innovation but a kind of creative thievery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

In the last few years, though, homeless encampments have multiplied in the surrounding streets and thievery has become so relentless that the brothers are ready to give up and sell their business.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

But Wang Lung, although he had no answer for her, felt his gorge rise at this thievery of his sons, and he did not blame the elder when' he was slow at the business.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The crisis is achieved when the Mayor's thieveries threaten to reflect on his daughter, but there is a boy who loves her and who is able to protect the Mayor's good name for her sake.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Blake's drawing of Brunelleschi, the attacking serpent is not so much an infernal punishment for Brunelleschi's thieveries as a symbol of the envy that made him a thief.

From Time Magazine Archive

After Flemister had gone, Lidgerwood was almost sorry that he had not struck at once into the matter of the thieveries.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis

"Now, let's ask him about the thieveries that have been going on," suggested Ned Rector.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch by Patchin, Frank Gee

Another phase of their adventure with the shopping district thieveries turned up in the woods and contributed greatly to the excitement of their experience.

From The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)