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Overgrown shrubs can also shield burglars from street view, so trim back your foliage to deny them concealment.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025 -
The burglars were in and out of homes in minutes and left with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and luxury items.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
25 Aug. 2025
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Convenience is one of the biggest appeals to would-be thieves, so the security of a lock will be a large deterrent—especially if your bag is in plain view throughout your flight.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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And just a few months before that, during a brutal heatwave, Free Press Personal Finance Columnist Susan Tompor wrote about a twist in which fraudsters used the internet to post fake numbers leading customers to the thieves.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the triple shooting would not result in homicide charges for an 18-year-old occupant of the apartment who fired back at two robbers, killing them, after another resident inside the home was gunned down.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Over the next 10 days, police would track the robbers’ movements throughout the Bay Area, linking them not only to a Piedmont home burglary two days before the bombing, but to a large, sophisticated West Coast heist crew that has raked in millions.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Aug. 2025
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The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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In classic heist-thriller fashion, each recruit fulfills a very cool and specific role — the driver, the safecracker, the chemist, etc.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Jan. 2023
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All that’s missing is a safecracker spinning dials and listening for a telltale click.—
Morgan Krakow,
Anchorage Daily News,
14 Feb. 2022
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Miyahara’s passing was confirmed by cast member Colton Dunn (Garrett), who eulogized the silent scene stealer in an Instagram post.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
7 Aug. 2025
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To build out a beloved landmark in a historic district, under the anxious eye of preservationists, and slip in an extra 27,000 square feet of new construction practically unnoticed — that’s the work of a reverse cat burglar.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
25 Mar. 2025
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This American heiress summering in Cannes has just met Grant’s former cat burglar.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2024
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“Embezzler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzler. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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