"thief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Dressed in Afghan clothes and seated in the back, I covered my face with a scarf to prevent thieves from recognizing me as a foreigner.
- Locksmiths came up with ingenious locks to prevent thieves from picking them.
- Smokehouses were often secured to prevent animals and thieves from accessing the food.
- Living with livestock in the combined building also allowed people to be able to prevent thieves from stealing their animals.
- Often a wrought iron gate, strategically sited, say between house and garage, can prevent thieves walking openly to the rear.
- Concealed zippers that are locked down and attached to clips to prevent thieves from accessing the bag.
- The anti-siphon device prevents thieves from inserting a tube into the fuel tank.
- A Chancellor of the Exchequer who had failed to prevent thieves penetrating his treasury was summarily beaten to death.
- And 18 states now permit citizens to freeze their credit lines, preventing would-be thieves from opening new accounts.
- But those safeguards may not be sufficient to prevent thieves from using the drop-off middlemen.
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