The thief got away. The thief was caught.
As thick as thieves
I wish I'd known how briefly I would get to enjoy my new home.
From the Cary Grant film (1955) and the Robert Wagner TV series (1968), the theme is "it takes a thief to catch a thief". The original proverb is "set a thief to catch a thief".
Only a thief knows how another thief will think and act. Can be extended to other professions and descriptions.
The crisis in the Lightning Thief is when the bolt was stolen from Olympus, which led on to the beginning of the Lightning Thief's story.
It was the thief's partner that ratted him out to the police.
The fog rolled in like a thief in the night.
The thief stole a purse from the unsuspecting woman on the busy street.
He was a thief, but got away with the crime.
The word "pilfered" functions as a verb in the sentence. It describes the action taken by the thief to steal the jewels from the safe.
In the sentence "He set out to find the thief" there are two verbs, set and find.
ex. "The thief stole the burger in the middle of the night."
the thief was arrested for the possession of the jewellery
The verb is lacking in the sentence; it's not a sentence without a verb.
The thief was seen by an old woman.
The thief was captured as he left the bank with the stolen money. The sheriff tried to portray Robin Hood as a common thief, not a hero.
The critical thief would never touch the uncut diamonds because he was after larger spoils. The critical thief avoids the ghetto.