Example sentences for: theft

How can you use “theft” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • David L. Smith, a New Jersey computer programmer, was arrested on charges of conspiracy, theft of computer service, and interruption of public communications.

  • "Organ Watch" has been formed to monitor what UC Berkeley anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes calls "modern cannibalism"--the theft of body parts from corpses--which occurs predominantly in impoverished areas around the globe.

  • As the Romans took control of Athens they embellished the site with small additions, but the wake of Christianity and the decline of Roman power saw the Acropolis vulnerable to attack, theft, and vandalism.

  • The congressional report, prompted by a NYT story last spring describing the unsupervised flow of sensitive satellite technology to China's strategic rocket programs, confirmed that transfer, but, say the papers, went much further, also uncovering the theft by the Chinese of nuclear weapons design technology from American labs and examining the too-loose export controls governing advanced computers.

  • In reporting on a FBI sting that collared 16 computer brokers trafficking in stolen IBM parts across five states, the Wall Street Journal reports that the theft of computer hardware and software is hitting $8 billion annually.


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