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thieves

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1. thievesverb

   Third person singular simple present form of to thieve.

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1. thieves

   Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word theft is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, or receiving stolen property. In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny, while in others, theft is defined more narrowly. Someone who carries out an act of theft may be described as a "thief" (PL: thieves).Theft is the name of a statutory offence in California, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria.

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1. Thieves

   of Thief

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1. Thieves

   Thieves is a play by Herb Gardner. Its focus is on Martin and Sally Cramer, whose twelve-year marriage slowly is disintegrating. He has become the stuffy headmaster of a fashionable Manhattan private school, while she clings to her dedication to the underprivileged and continues to teach in a ghetto public school. For him, their new high-rise apartment is a sign of their steady upward mobility; she is so unhappy with his need to earn and spend she moves all the antique furniture he has purchased to their first apartment on the Lower East Side. The growing chasm between them isn't helped by individual one-night stands, an unwanted pregnancy and consequent contemplation of abortion, an attempted mugging, and her racist cab driver father Joe Kaminsky. After twelve previews, the Broadway production, directed by Charles Grodin, opened on April 7, 1974 at the Broadhurst Theatre and later transferred to the Longacre to complete its 313-performance run. The cast included Richard Mulligan as Martin, Marlo Thomas as Sally, and Irwin Corey as Joe, with William Hickey and Dick Van Patten in supporting roles. In 1977, Gardner adapted his play for a feature film directed by John Berry. Thomas and Corey reprised their stage roles for the Paramount Pictures release, with Charles Grodin as Martin and Hector Elizondo, Mercedes McCambridge, John McMartin, Gary Merrill, and Bob Fosse in supporting roles.

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1. thieves

   The thieves symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the thieves symbol and its characteristic.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say thieves in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thieves in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thieves in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of thieves in a Sentence

1. Antonio Masa Caada:

   The [thieves] won’t turn up at court. It’s pathetic.

2. Ilya Yashin:

   We will not depart from the country and leave it in the mercy of 'crooks and thieves'.

3. Natalie Clifford Barney:

   Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise men?

4. Juan Carlos Castanon:

   We're not thieves, or exploiters, not privileged people who just take advantage of others - this is discrimination.

5. Kristen Rephser:

   I knew it wouldn't deter the most determined of thieves.

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