theft

How To Use theft In A Sentence

• But a surge in thefts of treasured relics from ancient temples and monuments has reached such a level that an agonised debate has begun over bringing back the death penalty.
• Police are again urging householders to secure their property after a theft from a house in Kirkwall.
• Most often, this implies a life on city streets begging, panhandling, petty theft, and using charity and soup kitchens close to the drug source.
• After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.
• Also admitted theft of tin of tuna and can of cider from store. The Sun
• The story is about theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.
• Along with stamping out burglaries and thefts, a heavy emphasis is put on personal safety.
• His Australian hosts piled on more pressure yesterday, saying that sweetheart deals that allowed corporations to dodge tax in countries where they made profits amounted to theft. Times, Sunday Times
• Overeating and drunkenness both violated social moral codes, although the latter appears to have been a much weightier transgression: intoxication is frequently listed among the serious crimes — "pleasurable living," adultery, theft — mentioned by Sahagún's informants. 47 Indigenous drinking practices also shocked Spaniards who had their own ideals of moderation when it came to alcohol consumption, a topic that we look at in Chapter 4. Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
• Theft would not cover obtaining ownership by deception.