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Examples of grand theft in a Sentence
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All of the suspects, who police said are from Los Angeles, face felony charges of burglary and grand theft.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024
Bailey was charged with third-degree grand theft and organized fraud.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
He has also been convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia and grand theft.
—Austin L. Miller, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
In 2011, Salgado — who had since moved to Chicago — was required to submit a DNA sample to a law-enforcement database after pleading guilty to an unrelated grand theft case.
—Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
He had been sentenced to life without parole for murder, carjacking, kidnapping and grand theft with use of a firearm enhancement.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
Cook, 49, was serving a sentence of life without parole for a San Bernardino County conviction of first-degree murder, carjacking, kidnapping and grand theft, with an enhancement for using a gun in the crime, CDCR said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024
By September 1, 2001, the day Stone attacked his mother, he’d already been arrested 17 times, including charges for grand theft, auto theft, marijuana possession, driving under the influence, battery on a law enforcement officer, domestic battery and battery on a person 65 or older.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
Police charged 57-year-old Kyle Patrick Tate with criminal mischief and grand theft as a result of the incident.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 2 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1930, in the meaning defined above
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“Grand theft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20theft. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Legal Definition
grand theft
see theft
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