thievery

Example Sentences

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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

With the rats taking bits of their stores every day, it was easy to hide a little thievery here and there, but hiding two people altogether—it had never been done.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee