| catch thief | 2.90 | Catch a thief, lose a job. | ||
| arrest thief | 0.92 | The alleged thief was arrested. | ||
| deter thief | 0.86 | The new alarm system should deter car thieves. | ||
| stop thief | 0.72 | The government must stop these thieves. | ||
| chase thief | 0.59 | He chased the thief, tripped him up, and grabbed the camera. | ||
| kill thief | 0.59 | Enraged community members killed a thief in an eastern Caracas suburb the same week. | ||
| attract thief | 0.53 | Police say they attract thieves who mistakenly think the material can be sold as nuclear technology. | ||
| thwart thief | 0.53 | Why not thwart the thieves, too? | ||
| apprehend thief | 0.33 | Within hours, police had apprehended the thief. | ||
| identify thief | 0.33 | Police will have the pictures enlarged in an attempt to identify the thief. | ||
| shoot thief | 0.33 | A man shoots a thief with a shotgun. | ||
| find thief | 0.26 | The thieves were never found. | ||
| foil thief | 0.26 | Cars are registered, I have been told, to foil thieves. | ||
| keep thief | 0.26 | It keeps the location of the warehouses confidential to keep potential thieves away. | ||
| prevent thief | 0.26 | Atmel officials said features will be available to prevent thieves from disabling or erasing the chip. | ||
| report thief | 0.26 | Several would-be thieves have been reported electrocuted. | ||
| say thief | 0.26 | St. Phelus simply says thief. |