to set a thief to catch a thief
[set] thieves to catch thievesto set a thief to catch a thief
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to make use of a thief or criminal just to be able to anticipate, understand, or capture other criminals or thieves
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Idiom
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We've actually begun employing prominent members of the hacking community to improve our cyber security, setting thieves to catch thieves, as it were.
To catch the art forger, the museum hired an expert art authenticator, believing that ' setting a thief to catch a thief' would be the best approach.
