Usage examples of "voleur" in French with translation to English

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Nous courûmes après le voleur. We ran after the thief.
Le voleur a été arrêté ce matin. The robber was nabbed this morning.
Nous avons attrapé le voleur. We caught the thief.
Le voleur a été attrapé ce matin. The robber was nabbed this morning.
Il a ligoté le voleur. He trussed up the thief.
Le voleur lui a fracassé la tête. The robber bashed her head in.
Le voleur est parti en courant. The thief ran away.
Le voleur pointait son arme sur l'employé. The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
Vito est un voleur de vélos. Vito is a bicycle thief.
Le policier se saisit du bras du voleur. The policeman grabbed the robber's arm.
Vito est un voleur de bicyclettes. Vito is a bicycle thief.
Le voleur s'enfuit quand le policier le vit. The robber ran away when the policeman saw him.
Le policier a arrêté le voleur. The policeman arrested the thief.
Le voleur a tenté de plonger le couteau dans le corps du garçon. The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
Hier, un voleur a pénétré la maison. Yesterday, a thief entered the house.
Le voleur a braqué son arme à feu sur l'officier de police. The robber aimed his gun at the police officer.
Le voleur était pieds et poings liés. The thief was bound hand and foot.
Hier, un voleur a visité la maison. Yesterday, a thief entered the house.
Il nia qu'il était le voleur. He denied that he was the thief.
Le voleur fut confié à la police. The thief was handed over to the police.
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