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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

English is not my first language, can this headline be read that the crime minister (which looks like a typo of prime minister ๐Ÿ‘) hired / told someone to steal a bag? The first paragraph phrases it in a way that seems clearer to me "had her bag stolen" ("her" being the imortant part).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That's English for you, it's often incredibly hard to express yourself without introducing ambiguity.

That's the reason "legalese" is a thing thing. When you really need to avoid ambiguous wording the language changes quite a bit.

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