Sentence examples for as a theft from inspiring English sources

And he assures me that that is known as a theft of opportunity.

But for the MetroStars, this game wasn't so much a loss as a theft.

A Scottsdale police spokesman, Scott Reed, said if it is proved that the items were returned, "It would be unfounded as a theft".

By contrast, a private sector employer in the United States could have terminated the worker as soon as a theft was detected, unless a union contract was involved or antidiscrimination laws were violated.

It is, perhaps, odd that a career peddler of mass fantasies like Trump could be so put off by what he presents as presumption, to the point where he regards it as a theft.

Even his masterpiece for Roland Joffé's 1986 film The Mission lost out to Herbie Hancock's jazz arrangements on Round Midnight, something he described to the Guardian as a "theft".

For those neighbors, his broad-daylight-brazen shooting death was as much a theft as a murder.

Or, perhaps, was a bribe paid to the safety inspector, to allow exits to remain locked as a theft-prevention measure?

Slavery, therefore, is recast as both a theft and a gift, and the transaction upon which a claim for reparations is made.

Players may fly freely or engage in "Challenge" missions, such as thwarting a theft or locating Bigfoot.

People do what they can to survive here—as a result, petty theft is quite common.