It was not altogether unsuccessful--small thefts lead on in the scale to big ones, and superficial traces to deeper.
It was not long till I ascertained that I had been wrong in my original conjecture, and that the whole of these thefts had been perpetrated by a gang.
The thefts had been committed by means of a duplicate key, which gave the clerk access to the letter-box.
This led to the girl being closely questioned, when she admitted the theft, confessing also that she had committed other similar thefts previously.
Trained in real war to a loyalty which consists in part of playing a fair game, this enemy of traitors came at last to hate these people, so treacherous in their conspiracies, and so clever in their thefts that they mortified his self-esteem.
The one throve on thefts from nature, the other waxed fat on legal plunder.
No one may advertise a reward for return of things stolen or lost with no questions asked, because this has resulted in thefts and robberies.
And these misfortunes, being capped by the abstraction of Lady Faber's pendant, compelled me to believe that of all the startling stories of thefts which the season had known the story of this dance would be the most remarkable.
Many similar theftswere committed by Cartouche and his gang, one victim being the Archbishop of Bourges.
Branding with red hot irons on the brow, cheeks, lips and shoulders, kept the executioner busy with such offenses as blasphemy, petty thefts and even duelling.
From Elder Woodruff's journal, the people were tried, even exasperated, by the thefts and other depredations committed by men of unscrupulous character.
Grant found it necessary to refer to some thefts which had taken place a short time before.
At another time the facts of his thefts of taxes might have been suppressed or toned down.
The severe criticism which resulted caused the city officials to bend before the storm, especially as they did not care to imperil their other much greater thefts for the sake of these minor ones.
Tweed and were deeply involved in the gigantic thefts of the Tweed ring.
If they committed any thefts during my time of management, they were made so carefully that I never detected them.
I believe that in nine cases out of ten the petty thefts which the negroes committed were designed to supply personal wants, rather than for any other purpose.
You are vagabondising on the water; you have the reputation of a bad fellow; you dwell with us, and who will believe that you are ignorant of our thefts and receivings?
These continual thefts brought trouble into the Legrand affairs, cancelled all profits, and slowly brought on ruin.
Derues would probably have settled at Chartres, but repeated theftsobliged him to leave the town.
He reminded the tribe of the benefits he had bestowed upon them during his former visits, and the manythefts and other misdeeds which he had overlooked.
As for my Theftsand Rogueries abroad I was careful they should not be discovered.
Isabella Chapman and John Field were convicted of several Thefts and Larcenies.
And all I brought home I faithfully shared both with the officers and my comrades: and so I got leave to fare forth again, and when my thefts were spied upon and betrayed, they helped me finely through.
And though I was but simple, yet I was sly enough never to come a second time to a place where I had stolen anything; and therefore was I very lucky in my thefts and was never caught pilfering.
The frequent thefts had made every one very suspicious, and the boys had made up their minds to be on the watch, and, if possible, to catch the thief.
After a while thefts of pigs and sheep became so common that they were charged to the deserters.
The fine of £40 being inflicted at that time, which means a large sum at the present day, carries something more with it than the thefts committed by the Gipsies.
I was surprised to hear that crime of any kind was very unfrequent, and that no thefts or robberies had been committed in the gold district.
At first it was thought that Brassy might be prosecuted, but when Bud Haddon was brought to trial for the thefts the State used the youth as a witness against the fellow, and consequently Brassy was allowed to go free.
I guess it was one of the early thefts that took Haddon to Haven Point," declared Jack, and in that surmise he was correct.
If he be not such a one, no better opportunity could be imagined for large thefts and substantial bribes, involving thousands of pesos, thus failing to provide the relief which is meet and due.
Although petty thefts are common among the Thibetans, valuable articles may with with safety be left among them--even money they will never touch.
Numerous were the thrashings inflicted by Buctoo on them for tobacco thieving, but the thefts did not diminish.
He would take away my bread from me whenever he caught me eating it apart and alone; and he laid to me many thefts on Mother Maggs's cupboard which he himself committed.
This business I carried on successfully enough for some months; till at last Old Death told me that he had seen several paragraphs in the papers, warning people against thefts committed by sweeps.
There are six times as many homicides, four times as many assassinations, and from three to four times as many thefts in Ireland as in Scotland.
There is not a day that has not in the daily papers its record of thefts and acts of personal violence.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thefts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
