Learn · Sentences Reporting a Crime

Someone is selling stolen goods in the market.

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Sentence

Narrator

Someone is selling stolen goods in the market.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Reporting a Crime

I saw someone selling stolen goods in the market; I've reported it to the authorities.

Warning Others

Be careful in that market; someone is selling stolen goods there.

Expressing Concern

I'm worried about the stolen goods being sold openly in the market.

Describing a Situation

The market is currently plagued by someone selling stolen goods.

Rephrased versions

Formal

There is an individual engaged in the illicit sale of stolen merchandise within the marketplace.

Casual

Someone's flogging hot stuff in the market.

Simpler English

Someone is selling things they stole in the market.

Phrases to learn

stolen goods

Items that have been taken illegally.

selling stolen goods

The act of illegally selling items that have been stolen.