The phrase "a string of thefts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of thefts that have occurred in a particular area or context.
Example: "The police reported a string of thefts in the neighborhood over the past month, prompting increased patrols."
Alternatives: "a series of thefts" or "a wave of thefts".
There's been a string of thefts and they all lead into the same black hole.
A string of thefts and break-ins at the warehouse quickly followed.
Mr. Pierce, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to robbery in 1998 after being accused of a string of thefts as well as drug possession.
He was most recently released from prison on Nov. 13, and he stole from Madison and Vine in Midtown on Dec. 5, the first of a string of thefts that included 13 more, the police said.
The woman, Ha Vasko, a retired restaurateur, is accused of a string of thefts that date from June 5, 2010, when she was arrested and charged with stealing $500 from a woman's bag at the corner of Canal and Mulberry Streets.
By applying the scientific knowledge she's acquired from reading authors like Pliny ("who had written some ripping stuff about poisons"), this precocious child confounds her elders by solving a bundle of crimes: the murder of a poacher, the disappearance of an infant, a brutal attack on an old Gypsy woman, and a string of thefts and forgeries of antiques.
Lee's lawyer Clare Thomas said: "He said in his own words his behaviour was despicable". Lee, of Trinity Court, Northside, admitted robbery, attempted robbery and a string of shop thefts.
Much has changed since Brachfeld, who came out of the Secret Service internal affairs, took the job a decade ago and was alarmed by a string of brazen thefts, some by trusted archives staff.
He found another offender whose list of TICs had been padded out with a string of fictitious thefts of bicycle lamps.
At first Ruby just seems to be investigating a string of unusual thefts but then as the story unfolds she finds herself in a far more dangerous situation.
The board released the guidelines after calls from pharmacists concerned about their safety in the wake of a string of OxyContin thefts.
