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The case should therefore be taken away from Moro and given to an impartial ICAC-style commission—not in order to protect corrupt politicians or thieving construction bosses but for the sake of the rule of law and human rights, and to prevent prosecutions from turning into persecutions.
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Geoffrey Robertson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2017
Once a brilliant toymaker, Jeronicus Jangle (Forest Whitaker) has lost his notebook full of ideas thanks to his thieving former apprentice (a delightfully sinister Keegan-Michael Key).
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Which heaps further discredit on Keynes’s observation that governments thieve wealth stealthily with inflation.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
From the producers of John Wick, which should surprise no one, Violent Night stars David Harbour as a particularly murderous Santa Claus defending an estate against a team of thieving mercenaries who break in, take the family hostage, and slay the house staff on Christmas Eve.
—Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Geoffrey Robertson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2017
Once a brilliant toymaker, Jeronicus Jangle (Forest Whitaker) has lost his notebook full of ideas thanks to his thieving former apprentice (a delightfully sinister Keegan-Michael Key).
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Which heaps further discredit on Keynes’s observation that governments thieve wealth stealthily with inflation.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
From the producers of John Wick, which should surprise no one, Violent Night stars David Harbour as a particularly murderous Santa Claus defending an estate against a team of thieving mercenaries who break in, take the family hostage, and slay the house staff on Christmas Eve.
—Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Thieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thieve. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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