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In the second novel of the Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, Chakraborty sets her pirate protagonist out onto the high seas for some perilous pilfering after being dragged into her partner’s problems.
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State authorities have said that police were responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart when an officer fired at the car Kohen was in.
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The shooting occurred on June 14, after law enforcement officers responded to a shoplifting call in Senatobia, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
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He was initially charged with six counts of money laundering, embezzlement, grand theft and misappropriation of public funds in that case.
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Bannon was arrested in August 2020 on Guo’s yacht in Connecticut and charged in connection with a separate embezzlement scheme.
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They were filled with protesters — including outraged members of a teachers’ union and relatives of kidnapping victims — as well as fans skeptical of a team that, four years earlier, posted its worst World Cup performance since 1978.
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Razia showed up at the scene not to aid in a kidnapping, but to confront her online tormentor, Sacks maintained.
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The actual abduction was committed, according to the feds, by supermarket owner Abu Chowdhury — who’s accused of heading a kidnapping ring that also snatched and tortured two men who crossed his vengeful wife, Iffat Lubna.
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In the past, it's been falsely linked with everything from hurricanes to floods, wildfires and alien abductions.
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“Pilferage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilferage. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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