"thief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

thief sustantivo

sustantivo + thief

Kolokacji: 26

car thief • jewel thief • horse thief • identity thief • master thief • ...

thief + verbo

Kolokacji: 48

thief steals • thief takes • thief breaks • thief uses • thief gets • ...

verbo + thief

Kolokacji: 13

catch a thief • stop thieves • deter thieves • chase thieves • prevent thieves • ...

Kolokacji: 1

1. catch a thief = złap złodzieja catch a thief

This was not the way a thief caught by an armed man should act.
Sleeping like the dead, how would they catch a thief?
So he thought it was his big chance to catch a petty thief.
In truth, more often than having to catch, thieves, they merely arrested those who came to them.
Thieves agree to this because their alternatives may present a greater risk of the thief being caught.
No one liked to go too deep into the slums to catch a thief.
Police say such a task is virtually impossible, unless they catch a thief in action.
By extension, the term also means the jurisdiction to try a thief caught with the property in question.
We could someday hope to catch all murderers or thieves.
Poor surveillance equipment also makes it harder to catch thieves.

Grup znaczeniowych: 5

adjetivo + thief

Kolokacji: 30

petty thief • common thief • professional thief • little thief • young thief • ...

preposición + thief

Kolokacji: 11

of thieves • for thieves • with thieves • to thieves • from thieves • ...

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