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“Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin’s regime. Any opposition to these war criminals.”

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"Any activity against the deceitful and thievish Putin's regime. Any opposition to these war criminals."

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He insisted that rebellions were caused not by the slaves’ mistreatment but simply by their nature: “brutish, ignorant, idle, crafty, treacherous, bloody, thievish, mistrustful, and superstitious.”

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"Putin who cut taxes, Putin who tried to continue Yeltsin's politics, and the current angry, greedy, thievish, corrupted, authoritarian leader - they seem to be two different people."

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"Unbutton your coat, sir, and throw what you have stolen on to this pile, where the rest of your thievish comrades have placed what they stole!"

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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