third party, fire and theft

Examples of theft

theft
The commerce and theft of the two armies certainly suggests mercenary objectives rather than the close cooperation of allies.
Besides disorderly conduct, the police increasingly arrested young people for theft.
These contacts are needed to overcome problems of theft and damage, secure access to reliable information, and settle administrative procedures.
Figure 1 presents the shape of the trajectory groups for the three dependent variables: physical aggression, vandalism, and theft.
The respective probabilities for the two groups were 31.0 versus 18.3% for physical aggression, 64.3 versus 46.1% for vandalism, and 31.0 versus 27.0% for theft.
Theft of factory property or the destruction of tools or machines led to fifty blows and a fine equal to the value of the property.
Their offences were often petty, consisting of minor thefts rather than white-collar crimes.
The theft of materials from the sidings, freight yards and railway works was a particularly notable crime to arise from the operation of the railways.
These firms now see new markets and sell 'identity theft security' to the public.
These days, they do so barely more often than they admit to engaging in ' illicit ' practices like bribery or theft.
The author of the ransom note blaming park workers for the theft was never found and is beside the point.
The factory discovered that it could not remove them from work, even for theft.
Through right reason, the pagan knows that adultery and theft are wrong and is able to follow the dictates of right reason.
The evidence of group theft, on the other hand, may merely show that they felt that the practice increased their chances of escape, if discovered.
Domestic goods, cloth and clothing appeared in about 40 per cent of theft indictments (clothing alone in at least a quarter).
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Collocations withtheft

theft

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act of theft
His actoftheft does not generate any increase in what he can claim on the basis of absolute desert.
art theft
The distinguishing feature between arttheft in the developed world's museums and those in the developing world has been the way in which they have been conducted.
car theft
A contract to steal a car should be unenforceable, because cartheft should be discouraged.
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