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Word: thief (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thief was described as about 28 years old and five feet seven inches tall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Still Searching for Gunman Who Kidnaped College Instructor | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

Grab Bag. In Paris, police were alerted to watch out for the thief who stole a leather case containing a live, nine-foot python...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...Criminal Mind. In Oklahoma City, Clyde Merrill reported that the thief who stole his clothes had mailed him the pawn tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 20, 1948 | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

Complaint Dept. In Colorado Springs, G. E. Dell recovered his stolen 1939 sedan with a surly note from the thief: "Your car ain't no damn good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 13, 1948 | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...Crocodile saw he couldn't win a race, he often stopped trying. "If the owner wants me to place, I try, but I don't like to ride a horse into the ground for nothing." English fans nicknamed him "brigand"; in France, he is called voleur (thief) more often than le roi des jockeys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Crocodile | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

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