Theft

(n.) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

(n.) The thing stolen.

录入:索菲娅

• It would excuse theft in Washingtons and Wellingtons, and unchastity in women as well. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Rachel and I, so long as the suspicion of theft rested on me, were parted irrevocably. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Scarcely had the search commenced than the overturned cauldron was discovered, and with it the theft of the poisoned arrows. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I left nothing unsaid that I COULD say--short of actually telling you that I knew you had committed the theft. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And is not this involuntary deprivation caused either by theft, or force, or enchantment? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Désirée was not to be so cheated: she had learned to bring falsehood to the aid of theft, and would deny having touched the brooch, ring, or scissors. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Penelope persisted in believing that she was to be forthwith tried, sentenced, and transported for theft. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Will the just man or citizen ever be guilty of sacrilege or theft, or treachery either to his friends or to his country? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Petty thefts, wanton assaults, purposeless outrage--to the man who held the clue all could be worked into one connected whole. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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