Sentence examples for arrest a thief from inspiring English sources
One turned out to be a detective trying to arrest a thief.
On 17 January 2011, police in Nemi, Italy, announced that they believed they had discovered the site of Caligula's burial, after arresting a thief caught smuggling a statue which they believed to be of the emperor.
After the killing, local authorities, who are allied with Mr. Barbalho and other powerful business interests, quickly arrested a petty thief who had been seen hanging around Mr. Federicci's office the day before his death.
British authorities have arrested a suspected thief whose "Wanted" image went viral last year due to his purported likeness to Ross Geller, the character played by David Schwimmer in the hit sitcom "Friends".
Instead of being a valuable commodity, a stolen smartphone would become a liability for whoever handles it: a digital whistleblower more likely to get a thief arrested than compensated.
One of the men who worked in the shop said that Marie had caused the arrest of a thief.
"SET a thief to catch a thief".
You have to set a thief to catch a thief.
SET a thief to catch a thief is an old proverb.
The problem is you need a thief to catch a thief.
