Jǐngfāng zhuāhuò le yì míng duō cì zài xiǎoqū lǐ xíngqiè de nánzǐ.
The police caught a man who had stolen from residential compounds many times.
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行窃 belongs to news reports and police statements; in conversation people say 偷东西. 行 "to carry out" forms other crime words the same way: 行凶 (to commit violence), 行骗 (to swindle), 行贿 (to bribe).