Sentence examples for made theft from inspiring English sources

In 1996, the Economic Espionage Act made theft of trade secrets a federal crime.

The advent of the Internet has made theft of music markedly easier on many levels, from lost potential sales through person-to-person file sharing to the ease with which today's musicians can instantly access — and, if they choose, incorporate — everything from individual instrumental tracks to complete recordings from pop music's biggest stars of the past while they're in recording studios.

Neal Lester, an English professor at Arizona State University who has written on the race and gender politics of hair, said the growing demand for human hair extensions and the high prices had made thefts inevitable.

The initiative would also address an issue caused by the previous adoption of Proposition 47, which made thefts of guns worth less than $1,000 a misdemeanor.

The vast quarries of resources on the web heighten the temptation to steal, but they also make theft easier to detect.

That the mensalão affair has even come to trial is progress: jail for corrupt politicians may still be unlikely, but it is no longer unthinkable.Meanwhile, greater transparency about public spending is making theft from the treasury harder.

As huge mergers become common and layoffs ensue, Mr. Albrecht said, employees cease to identify with the companies they work for, developing a sense of detachment that makes theft simpler to justify.

"Hitler's Beneficiaries" is based on a wealth of military and economic documents, and it is chock full of data on consumer spending power, money-laundering techniques, and bankers' and civil servants' inventiveness in making theft look legal — or invisible.

"Apple's iPod and iTunes store are quite tightly coordinated to make theft of content or illicit transfer of content cumbersome," says Clemons. "It's surprisingly easy for consumers to forget why there are restrictions and where the restrictions come from".

Linebacker Mike Vrabel made the theft at the Pittsburgh 26.

Federal officials say his police know-how made the theft ring so elusive for so long.