How to Use theft in a Sentence

theft

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  • He was found guilty of theft.
  • The theft of the jewelry and other valuables was immediately reported to the police.
  • The risks of theft and raids from the DEA were constant.
    — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • His son, Grant Bell, pleaded guilty to theft and will be sentenced next on Sept. 9.
    — Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • But the theft of the jade stone turns out to be part of a larger mystery tied to Chinese mythology.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Police added the driver was wearing the same Amazon vest, hat and mask that were in the theft recordings.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Rising theft—and stores’ measures to prevent it—could dull that edge.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Hightman has pleaded not guilty to the theft charges and is out on bond awaiting trial.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • If the incident is a theft from a business, the email will also include a link for the person to upload pictures, videos and other store reports related to the case.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Tren de Aragua is best known for petty crimes, such as retail theft, and for targeting other Venezuelan migrants.
    — Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024

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