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"thief" in Spanish
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"thief" in Spanish
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thief(also: burglar, cat burglar, housebreaker, mugger)
I have no way of punishing anyone who calls me a thief and hides behind his Parliamentary immunity.
No tengo medios para castigar a quien tiene la cobardía de llamarme ladrón y refugiarse en la inmunidad parlamentaria.
I was not brought up to be a thief.
No fui educado para ser ladrón.
Like a thief, the European Union now wants to directly plunder the pockets of the British taxpayer.
Al igual que un ladrón, la Unión Europea ahora pretende saquear directamente los bolsillos de los contribuyentes británicos.
thief(also: burglar, cat burglar, housebreaker, robber)
she's no better than a thief
es una ladrona, ni más ni menos
she's little better than a thief
es poco menos que una ladrona
The thief, man or woman, cut off their hands (or ability to do evil or means of livelihood).
En cuanto al ladrón y a la ladrona, cortadles la mano a ambos en retribución por lo que han hecho, como castigo disuasivo ordenado por Dios: pues Dios es poderoso, sabio.
thief(also: pickpocket)
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To put it bluntly, this is a typical case of setting a thief to catch a thief.
En pocas palabras, se trata de un caso típico del dicho «a pillo, pillo y medio».
Why here, and why make it look as though Poland is a thief?
¿Por qué aquí sí, y por qué presentar a Polonia como si fuera un ratero?
the suspected thief, a tall, middle-aged man
el presunto ladrón, un individuo alto, de mediana edad
it's no crime to steal from a thief
el que roba a un ladrón tiene cien años de perdón
they denounced him to the police as a thief
lo denunciaron a la policía por ladrón
the door through which the thief entered
la puerta por donde penetró el ladrón
he fired the gun at the thief
descargó la pistola contra el ladrón
she pelted after the thief
salió como un bólido tras el ladrón
she's little better than a thief
es poco menos que una ladrona
she pelted after the thief
salió a todo correr tras el ladrón
she's no better than a thief
es una ladrona, ni más ni menos
he's little better than a thief
es poco menos que un ladrón
I got a good look at the thief
pude ver muy bien al ladrón
once a thief, always a thief
quien roba una vez roba diez
she pelted after the thief
salió disparada tras el ladrón
they were running after the thief
corrían tras el ladrón
we tore after the thief
salimos corriendo tras el ladrón
he has a reputation as a thief
carga una fama de ladrón
he's a small-time thief
es un ladrón en pequeña escala
opportunity makes the thief
la ocasión hace al ladrón
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