6 sentences with 'theft'
Example sentences and phrases with the word theft and other words derived from it.
• « When the laws came to light, many Greeks were scandalized by them: petty theft was punishable by death, and if someone could not pay his debts, he fell into slavery. »
• « Proudhon was the author of a book entitled "What is property?" in which he answered unequivocally that "property is theft". The very idea of property was for Proudhon empty and false, a conceit that ensured that the rich maintained their political and legal power. »
• « A $10,000 fine and a two-year prison sentence deter most from committing theft, but for some the temptation is irresistible. »
• « Even though a camera recorded the theft, the thieves made off with Edvard Munch's coveted painting without anyone noticing. »
• « The former is based on data indicating that annual losses from computer theft in the United States are in the billions of dollars. This is too high a figure not to develop specialists in catching these computerised thieves. »