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Once inside, the gang smashed two display cases and made off with several jewels before speeding away on motorbikes.
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Thieves scaled the facade of the Parisian museum in broad daylight Sunday, using a ladder boosted by a mechanical boom truck and forcing a window open, smashing display cases inside, and making off with a handful of priceless jewels, PEOPLE previously reported.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
And in May 1998, a thief made off with a 19th-century landscape by the French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
According to reports, the group made off with jewels once belonging to Napoleon III’s court, including pieces from Empress Eugénie’s personal collection.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Thieves scaled the facade of the Parisian museum in broad daylight Sunday, using a ladder boosted by a mechanical boom truck and forcing a window open, smashing display cases inside, and making off with a handful of priceless jewels, PEOPLE previously reported.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
And in May 1998, a thief made off with a 19th-century landscape by the French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
According to reports, the group made off with jewels once belonging to Napoleon III’s court, including pieces from Empress Eugénie’s personal collection.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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