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phrase
Said in admonishment to a person who was once considered a thief and later professed to have reformed, only to have been caught stealing once again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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proverb
A person found to have stolen another's property will always be marked as a thief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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