In a sentence
Six example sentences with theft, each labelled with its topic.
The magistrate treated the theft of a neighbor's bicycle as a minor matter and ordered forty hours of community service.
Law
The museum has never recovered the pair of drawings, and the theft remains an open file after thirty years.
Art
A single reused password led to the theft of customer records that the company spent two years trying to explain.
Technology
The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa went unnoticed for a full day because staff assumed photographers had borrowed it.
History
Shops lose about two percent of their stock to theft each year, so the budget quietly assumes the loss.
Business
Oliver Twist is drawn into theft by a gang of pickpockets, though the boy never keeps a single coin.
Literature
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