How to Use theft in a Sentence

theft

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  • The theft of the jewelry and other valuables was immediately reported to the police.
  • There were only 148 such thefts in the same months last year.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • The concept of wage theft is a little had for some to wrap their heads around.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The value of the items stolen in the burglaries and thefts is unknown.
    — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
  • The sheriff office's auto theft unit was looped in to look for the Equinox.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2024
  • An employee was in the restroom at the time of the theft, which took less than a minute, the lieutenant said.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
  • That theft occurred prior to the theft at the Holiday Inn.
    — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The key to the story is, in fact, the theft and deception of art, of the making of culture itself.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Partly thanks to that move, theft will stay flat this year, TJX predicts.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Arrested for theft were a Cleveland man, 19, and a Maple Heights man, 18.
    — cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The 20-year-old was fired and is now charged with theft, officials told McClatchy News.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2024
  • Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara is in talks to plead guilty to the theft of the baseball star’s money.
    — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The sheriff took him into custody on a theft of an airplane charge.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Both men have been charged with colluding in theft and murder, the outlet added.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • And at the heart of these algorithms is systematic theft on a mass scale.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The caller wanted the incident on record because there have been thefts from the property in the past.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 22 July 2023
  • The hotel’s Parisian branch is no stranger to missing jewelry or thefts.
    — Robert Hart, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Nevertheless, in the rust belt of the North East, factories were already in decline and thefts were on the rise.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Car thefts have declined, both locally and at the state level.
    — Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 23 July 2024
  • After the string of burl thefts made headlines earlier this year, the thefts appear to have abated.
    — Nidha Eakambaram, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
  • The thefts occurred in the wake of a judge’s dismissal of charges against a police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • However, this mouse trap has a bait cover to help stop any theft from your dog—or other pests.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2023
  • All that remained from the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue at a baseball park in Wichita was the cleats.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The bill’s author said that the intention behind the bill is to reduce retail theft and keep workers safe.
    — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 6 May 2024
  • Many of the users posted complaints about benefit theft.
    — Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024
  • However, store staff have been telling customers that theft was a reason.
    — Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Car thefts have spiked amid the turn toward progressive policing.
    — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 15 May 2023
  • A couple of months later, he was charged with one count of forgery, also a Class C felony, and two counts of theft, Class D felonies, in a related case.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Now is the golden hour of democratic change, the moment after the votes have been cast but before a theft of the outcome has solidified.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • The series follows a Taiwanese gang as they become implicated in a high-profile theft of a famous Goldie painting from a New Zealand gallery.
    — Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 July 2024

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