as in embezzlement
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As were those with a history of significant heart problems (heart attack, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, coronary angioplasty or ‘stents’) and/or a family history of premature (before age 40) death from cardiac causes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Feb. 2025 -
But that said, this is a gorgeous restaurant in many senses: The room is midcentury-modern effervescence, the staff brims with engaged pros, and Namba’s cooking grafts Japanese and French flavors in smart, fresh ways.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Laken Riley Act, the first bill Trump signed into law in his second term, allows for the arrest and detention of people who are not legally in the country and have been charged with burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting or crimes that lead to death or serious bodily injury.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Under the new law, federal immigration authorities can place in custody undocumented immigrants arrested for theft, shoplifting, burglary or larceny.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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Also Thursday, Oklahoma conducted that state's first execution of the year, putting to death an Arkansan for a random home-invasion robbery that left a woman dead.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of people have returned to their homes in Central Sudan, though late on Wednesday activists in Omdurman warned that some soldiers have engaged in robbery.—
Reuters,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Mixon, 38, pled guilty in December to misapplication of fiduciary property, according to court documents.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2025
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt certainly were not expected to provide aid to Nazi Germany during WWII, yet there is a systematic double standard and misapplication of the law against the Jewish state.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Friends since their youth, the two grow up together in petty thievery which leads to dual lives in organized crime.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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But there was another side to this sweet young thing—a history of tantrums, thievery, and rebellion.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Peculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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