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Word: thief (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...female thief walked into Saville House, one of the Radcliffe dormitories, at 7 p.m. last night and got away with four dollars in cash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Female Burglar Robs 'Cliffe Dorm | 1/19/1949 | See Source »

None of the house residents paid attention to the thief when she entered and mounted the stairs. Upon hearing noise in her room, Miss Carroll accosted the woman and questioned her. "I'm looking for Joan Braverman," she answered and hurried out before anyone realized there had been a robbery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Female Burglar Robs 'Cliffe Dorm | 1/19/1949 | See Source »

Three Cambridge detectives are working night and day to track down the thief who ran off with $5000 worth of men's clothing from Hunter Haig's earlier yesterday morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Detectives Probe $5000 Haig Theft | 12/17/1948 | See Source »

...Thief, thief...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Store Manager Nips Juvenile Yuletide Shoplifters | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

...other two boys ran through a crowd of 25 passers-by who made no effort to stop them despite Jacob's cries of "Thief, thief." Patrolman Brutti, however, succeeded in getting their names from his young captive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Store Manager Nips Juvenile Yuletide Shoplifters | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

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