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There are thieving cats, too — hold on to your sardines, mice and computer cables!
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
Across roughly two months, the cameras collected data — though some fell victim to storm water or thieving raccoons, Ivory said.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
Across roughly two months, the cameras collected data — though some fell victim to storm water or thieving raccoons, Ivory said.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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“Thieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thieve. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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