Now, however, Miss Bhutto comes as a failed former prime minister, accused (but not convicted) of grand-scale thieving.

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That said, at least in America nearly all games are kept behind locked glass in big department stores to avoid such thieving.

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The IRS has a take-no-prisoners attitude in its regulations and a tough litigation policy, refusing to be moved by thieving spouses, innocence of wrongdoing and even outright spousal abuse.

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However, Nathan Emery and Nicola Clayton of Cambridge University have shown that thieving jays are much more careful when it comes to hiding their food when other birds are watching.

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In my career in both the public and private sectors, my colleagues and I have been involved in thousands of criminal and civil investigations involving thieving employees, vendors, contractors and suppliers.

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Thieving techniques include unzipping a strolling victim's purse to lift a wallet or phone, and creating contact, such as by bumping into a victim or having an accomplice stop suddenly in front of a victim.

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There is sublime thieving in all giving.

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Socha is opportunistic, thieving, but not vicious.

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In the midst of canyon country, Robbers Roost, near the town of Green River, was both a hideout and base for Butch Cassidy, leader of the Wild Bunch Gang, a thieving group infamous for its train and bank robberies.

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