thieves

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In “I Love Boosters,” director Boots Riley’s well-dressed thieves want to make a point about the means of production.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Four street thieves are on the road to hell, literally, in an action-adventure movie debuting at the Cannes Film Festival Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"It's all a game," he says of the teenage thieves.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The Rhydymwyn Service Station in Mold, Flintshire was also targeted by fuel thieves about six weeks ago.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

They believed there had to be a better story, a story beneath the surface, a story that required brilliant thieves and brilliant detectives.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day