Sentence examples for new theft from inspiring English sources

In 1968 a new Theft Act, amended in 1978, replaced the old idea of larceny by a broader concept that resembles the Roman delict (offense) of theft.

Lib Dem peers are certainly mounting a concerted effort to tackle some of the more controversial elements of the bill, with Lord Strasburger also speaking out against ICRs during today's debate, noting that a similar move was abandoned in Denmark in 2014 and warning the bill creates a "new theft risk" for internet users.

Now she has to finish serving her original sentence, plus additional time in the new theft case -- if she lives.

Media outlets, predictably, are not looking at all this too carefully, not probing who is getting what, not investigating a massive new theft that is compounding an old one.

In yet another strange coincidence of timing, this new theft just happens to come just before the upcoming U.N. climate conference in South Africa and on the heels of the IPCC's new report linking the increase in extreme weather events to climate change, together with the BEST study.

Peter Carey, a two-time recipient of the British Booker Prize, enjoyed continued success with his new novel, Theft: A Love Story, in which he mocked the international art market within an ingeniously conceived and humorous art-fraud plot.

When an artist leaves thousands of sketches, rough studies and finished copies among various countries, lovers and museums, provenance can be devilishly hard to establish, and that spectrum of confusion provides the perfect palette for Carey's new novel, Theft.

But the answer may be simpler than that: if he is anything like the hero and heroine of his newest novel, "Theft: A Love Story" (Knopf; $24), Carey lives in New York to look at pictures.

The newest thefts, reported by the organising committee this week, appeared to be inside jobs possibly by workers dismantling equipment, as police have been blocking outsiders from entering the areas.

Advance word is that the new Grand Theft Auto game offers a small, uninspired version of the New York subways for "Liberty City".

Jonathan Franzen Peter Carey's new book, Theft (Faber), is a first-rate fix for Carey cravers.