A few months ago, a group of officers told the local newspaper, The Times Herald-Record, that several colleagues were routinely stealing parts from cars that had been towed.

This is an intriguing statistic: the same people who routinely steal more than 10 percent of his bagels almost never stoop to stealing his money box-a tribute to the nuanced social calculus of theft.

The officer told investigators that officers were routinely stealing drugs from drug dealers and then either selling the drugs or in some cases using them, the officials said.

Prosecutors contend that a group of traders in the Swiss franc futures pit routinely stole money from customers through illegal trading schemes that prevented orders from being executed in the open market.

In the novel and in reality, the police routinely steal from street urchins.

In the movie, the train is stopped several days in the village of Căpâlniţa by the chief of the train station, Doiaru, who is corrupt and routinely steals goods from the trains which go through his station.

But, according to the S.E.C.'s charges, during the time Mr. Vaskevitch was so trusted, he routinely stole confidential information for his personal profit.

Guards steal routinely from inmates, demand bribes for weekend passes and food delivery from their families, and rape female inmates.

The Sun (and News of the World) have been routinely stealing copy from rivals, in newsprint and online, for years.

Statements by servicemen and veterans indicated that conscripts are victimized upon reporting to registration, when their peers and supervisors routinely steal their money and personal possessions.