Meaning: The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think.
For example:
- The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud.
Meaning in Arabic:
لا يقطع الشجرة الا فرع منها ومثله
بالعامية: دود الخل منه وفيه
For example:
- The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud.
Meaning in Arabic:
لا يقطع الشجرة الا فرع منها ومثله
بالعامية: دود الخل منه وفيه
