Word: theft
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...claims are unverifiable or downright shady. It is true that the Mona Lisa once hung in Bonaparte's bedroom at the Tuileries, but that was three centuries after its purchase by Francis I, onetime patron of its painter. Records indicate that the picture remained in France until its theft from the Louvre in 1911 by an Italian. But Fascista was longer on acquisitive patriotism than on logic. Said Fascista...
...again. This time he went in by a door, climbed a ladder to the belfry, there pried open a locked door with a four-foot crowbar. With two companions he tugged at the clapper for half an hour, at length pulled it loose. Next day he proudly confessed his theft. Crushed, the university waived its $30 fine...
...straight interest, but a "hazard charge" was the hook with which Pacific collected its usury. Supposed to protect the lender against theft or destruction of autos (which Pacific accepted as security), typical hazard charges were $30 on a $70, six-month loan (the equivalent of 133% simple interest), $88 on a $300, one-year loan (53%). Pacific would then reinsure cars with an insurance company at rates averaging one-tenth the hazard charges...
...treasurer. Last week his old club, anxious to recoup, filed suit for all he had embezzled, plus interest, against a less exclusive, more expensive club, the New York Stock Exchange. Ground for the suit, had the Exchange exposed its onetime president sooner, it might have prevented the yacht club theft...
...taken back to the prison camp. Naturally we all signed. Then we received empty envelopes which originally contained our money. The trunks were ransacked; all our clothing, linens, silver, and household belongings were gone, as well as valuable documents and papers. When I told Admiral Muselier about this theft he said: "If you don't like it, you can return to the camp. Your baggage is confiscated." This, after he had assured us that it was safe to sign the release...