Sentence examples for takes a thief from inspiring English sources

(It takes a thief to know one, apparently).

Mr. Throne's longest recurring part was on "It Takes a Thief".

Robert Wagner is the suave star of "It Takes a Thief" and "Hart to Hart".

(The reasoning behind appointing a Wall Street insider was it takes "a thief to catch a thief").

The movie is the Extreme Games version of the rogue-turned-spy television series "It Takes a Thief".

Here, the convicts at the core of the story aren't only helping the police (in the traditional "it takes a thief to catch a thief" mode).

No hacking is required, and it can take a thief just minutes to start spending your cash.

He began by selling his talents as an informer to the Paris police on the ground that it took a thief to catch a thief.

Apart from a steel-clad safe, he said, the best place to store valuables is one that would take a thief considerable time and effort to find.

And there have been no more bombs since 2005.Still, any crime-fighting strategy based on the idea of "taking a thief to catch a thief" can encounter ethical dilemmas.

Go for a thick one with interwoven threads - which will take a thief longer to cut through.