But it really is true that opportunity makes the thief.

Arent you forgetting that opportunity makes the thief, Pitt grinned.

Opportunity Makes the Thief.

The idea that opportunity makes the thief – that young people will inevitably commit crime in certain environments – runs counter to our findings."

Don Grubin. 1998 Full report Summary report Opportunity Makes the Thief.

Here it can easily happen that, as the saying goes, "opportunity makes the thief". Another example is big tenders offered by, for instance, cities, where temptations to corrupt and to be corrupted arise.

"Opportunity makes the thief," said Gordana Swanson, president of the Southern California Rapid Transit District board, as she endorsed a plan Monday to distribute pocketless uniforms to all workers who handle bus fares.

The spirit of Baroque dance, mixed with 20th-century ballet technique, prevailed in works by Mary Skeaping ("Return of Spring") and by Regina Beck-Friis ("Pygmalion" and "Opportunity Makes the Thief") on Saturday afternoon at the Confidencen Theater at Ulriksdal.