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pilferage

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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.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026

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Officers who responded to a shoplifting call encountered two adults allegedly fleeing from the store with a child and going into a vehicle, according to bureau.

— Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
The police chief of a Mississippi city where 1-year-old Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by police responding to a shoplifting call in June was fired Tuesday.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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Instead, they were typically accused of economic offenses such as embezzlement and fraud.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
That action also could affect the sentencing dates for several other former union employees who have pleaded guilty in the federal corruption and embezzlement case.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

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In a mountain hamlet, avocado farming lifted once-poor families into the middle class, but opened the door to cartel extortion, kidnapping and fear.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The driver was found guilty at trial in June of kidnapping, rape and forcible penetration by use of a foreign object.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026

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But the rollicking jollity that accompanies the final two acts, which includes the entrance of pirates and the abduction of Marina to a brothel, robs the ending of some of its pathos.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Once Lamb starts publishing daily dispatches about her abduction at the hands of Indo‑Trinidadian radicals demanding a ransom, the writing is on the walls that this woman is going to die.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

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