"Call up my rain-drunk guards, and give you in charge as a thief caught meddling with the king's property."

The thieves caught the hotel security people completely off guard.

I wasn't to blame that the thieves caught her unawares.

'Set a thief to catch a thief' goes the old saying.

A petty thief from Hebron, with a talent for getting caught.

These were followed and the thief caught, the horses being safely recovered.

The old saying, 'Set a thief to catch a thief,' should still hold good.

It was never recovered and the thief never caught.

It has been said that you set a thief to catch a thief-and the Corps personified this ideal.

A thief so caught could be given a trial of a more summary nature.