What is the meaning of dream where you see a thief?

There is not enough information here for a meaningful interpretation. If the dreamer sees the thief stealing something, that dream would be quite different from seeing a thief arrested. Seeing a thief lurking around a bank would be very different from seeing a thief creeping through one's own home.

> Very generally, the dream expresses the dreamer's own anxiety, but even that might refer to anxiety about being stolen from, or fear of being caught being a thief oneself.