The police told me they'd throw me in jail the next time they caught me stealing board games.
But that's a Risk I'm willing to take.
What did the Cat burglar say when he was caught stealing from a French art museum?
I did it for the Monet.
Several epidemics throughout history have many similarities in characteristics.
For example, many diseases evolved from poor hygiene between animals and humans and a rise in urban population and interregional communication. Many had very similar effects and modes of transmission.
Because of the similarities, many historians are looking into allegations of these diseases stealing each other's methods, committing plague-iarism.