voleur

• Of course, Madame would comply; Madame followed Maurice down the street taking the same route as the voleur in the night. —  AHMM,July-August2006
• E.g., Combler de faveurs.--Le comble de l'ingratitude est de haïr ses bienfaiteurs.--Le voleur, poursuivi, se réfugia dans les combles du château.--Au comble de la misère 607 enfin, see l. —  Esther
• Quand au voleur, il me plaît, s'il est énergique, car il m'amuse.' —  Books and Characters French and English
• He vowed that in war-time he had not more to pay than in time of peace (and this strange fact is vouched for by every person of every nation), and being asked wherefore the King of Holland had been ousted from his throne, replied at once, "Parceque c'etoit un voleur:" for which accusation I believe there is some show of reason, his Majesty having laid hands on much Belgian property before the lamented outbreak which cost him his crown. —  Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
• "Monsieur voleur!" —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

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