How to Use grand theft in a Sentence

grand theft

noun
  • The case, and the charge of grand theft, showed how murky the value of an Oscar can be.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Two weeks after the shift, she was charged with grand theft.
    Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2021
  • He was being held on a $5,000 bond on a felony grand theft charge.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 10 July 2020
  • Loc was booked on a charge of grand theft of a dog, which is a felony, police said.
    Pete Grieve, SFChronicle.com, 25 July 2019
  • She was charged with grand theft and possession of the crack pipe.
    Robert Gearty, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
  • The charges of burglary and grand theft auto were dropped, state records show.
    David Ovalle, miamiherald, 19 June 2018
  • Muhammad Rauf Ahmed was charged with one felony count of grand theft.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
  • He was charged with grand theft auto and passport fraud in the United States in the 1990s.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 12 July 2021
  • Skalnik, who was facing 20 years in prison on charges of grand theft, stepped into the void.
    Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Paula Star Pugh was arrested in April and charged with grand theft and fraud.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • Irby spent six days in jail on charges of armed burglary and grand theft.
    USA TODAY, 25 June 2019
  • In 2019, the two were arrested, along with a third man, and charged with grand theft auto.
    Washington Post, 31 May 2021
  • Wallace was charged with eight counts of grand theft, while Corwin was charged with three counts of the same crime.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • She was also sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison for a grand theft charge.
    Itzel Luna, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Kessler was found at a truck stop on May 16 and arrested on the grand theft auto charges.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Lippi was charged with grand theft and booked into jail.
    CBS News, 9 Apr. 2019
  • Joseph Mills was convicted in 1984 of grand theft for forging a will.
    CBS News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • All three suspects were charged with armed burglary, grand theft of a firearm, and other crimes.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 17 June 2022
  • Florence is charged with grand theft, and possessing weapons and drugs.
    Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Sanchez retired from the department last year and pleaded no contest to the grand theft charges in June.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Inside of the luggage is the key to Brady’s car, which confirms she was involved in grand theft auto.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • Ryder is found not guilty of burglary, guilty of vandalism and guilty of grand theft.
    CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Now, though, the state is accusing the clan of fraud, grand theft, and conspiracy.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • He was tried on three felony counts of grand theft from an elder, and could have faced up to nine years in prison if convicted.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Hernandez faces grand theft charges, but that’s not the extent of his problems.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The makers of one of the most popular video game franchises are dealing with a grand theft of their own.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Scott Coleman pleaded guilty in August to a grand theft charge, a fourth-degree felony.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Loc remains in custody and is facing a potential felony charge of grand theft of a dog.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
  • The suspect was identified as 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, who was arrested for grand theft last year.
    CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The suspect was previously arrested on a grand theft charge in 2023, Smith said.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024

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