Erszebet told him that fortune-tellers are often unable to distinguish between policemen and thieves.
A falling out between thieves, as it were.
Pursuing, The Shadow was just in time to see a ghastly example of the honor that is supposed to exist between thieves.
Valens makes a clear connection between this house and thieves, beggars, foot soldiers and slaves.
Part of his plan depended on a falling out between thieves.
But White Fang soon learned to differentiate between thieves and honest men, to appraise the true value of step and carriage.
He had seen them when the hunt had been a race between thieves.
With a camera trained on, say, a corridor in a warehouse of nuclear materials, the Russian software discriminates between innocent passersby and thieves.
"A falling-out between thieves," was the inspector's summary.
This curse, which does not differentiate between thieves and well-intentioned archaeologists, may allegedly cause bad luck, illness or death.