thievery
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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
Speaking exclusively to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, he said if ministers go ahead with plans to allow AI firms to use artists' content without paying, they would be "committing theft, thievery on a high scale".
From BBC ● May 18, 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
See the recent “Arcane,” the Netflix series based on the “League of Legends” video game whose debut episode had a breezy camaraderie that echoed the magic and thievery of the long-standing role-playing game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Celia has judged 193 cases since she was elected to the People’s Court, from petty thievery and family disputes to more serious crimes of medical malpractice, arson, and counterrevolutionary activities.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
It is that troop of beggars; bringing their tricks and their thieveries they are to the Kinvara fair.
From The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays by Gregory, Lady
"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
Nor can we at this distant day blame them very much or wax so indignant as did their master over their thieveries.
From George Washington: Farmer by Haworth, Paul Leland
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