"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 • ...
adjetivo + thief
Kolokacji: 30
petty thief • common thief • professional thief • little thief • young thief • ...
(2) common, bold, casual, local
Kolokacji: 4
1. professional thief = zawodowy złodziej professional thief
2. would-be thief = niedoszły złodziej would-be thief
3. old thief = stary złodziej old thief
4. accomplished thief = znakomity złodziej accomplished thief
5. skilled thief = zręczny złodziej skilled thief
  • She was a thief, a skilled thief, used to getting into places designed to keep her out.
  • Second, no security system can keep out a dedicated and skilled thief; it can only delay the theft.
  • He is a skilled thief, and augments his stealth with his ability to hide in unexpected places where a human normally couldn't place themselves.
  • Therefore, unless you are much, much older than you look, you could not also have become a skilled thief.
  • But the police say the real thieves, though skilled, are probably far less refined.
  • He began his criminal career while still a young child and became a skilled thief within a few short years.
  • In that film, she is a skilled professional thief, as well as a divorcée.
  • But on the other hand the lock appears to be a very simple one, and a skilled thief would have no difficulty in opening it.
  • A few weeks short of his eighteenth birthday, he was already a skilled thief, but fate was to overtake him.
  • Camaleones is the story of Valentina and Sebastian, who are both skilled thieves.
6. experienced thief = doświadczony złodziej experienced thief
(5) real, potential, actual
Kolokacji: 3
(6) notorious, fellow, known
Kolokacji: 3
(7) murderous, bloody
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + thief
Kolokacji: 11
of thieves • for thieves • with thieves • to thieves • from thieves • ...

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