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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' has Link infiltrate the Gerudo Pirates fortress in order to steal the [[EggMacGuffin Zora eggs]] that they stole from Lulu.
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* Subverted in the ''Literature/{{Temps}}'' short story "Sortilege and Serendipity" by Brian Stableford. The Taxman seems to be this, a master hacker who can break into Swiss banks and clear out the accounts of organised crime figures. However, when Sweetland confronts him and points out the hypocricy of claiming the message he wants to send is "Crime Doesn't Pay", when his own crimes ''have'', the Taxman tells him he just doesn't get it.
-->'''Taxman''': I didn't steal the money. I ''deleted'' it. It doesn't exist any more.

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Compare with StealingFromTheTill, a similar grift albeit in 1.5 million easy installments of $3.00 each, and NoHonorAmongThieves, a major impetus for some of the examples below. And just so we're perfectly clear, DontTryThisAtHome.

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Sister trope of JustLikeRobinHood where the targets are rich people instead of thieves. Compare with StealingFromTheTill, a similar grift albeit in 1.5 million easy installments of $3.00 each, and NoHonorAmongThieves, a major impetus for some of the examples below. And just so we're perfectly clear, DontTryThisAtHome. \n\n%%This page is alphabetized. Please put examples in alphabetical order. This page Administrivia/HowToAlphabetizeThings should help you with that.

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