为了把小偷抓住，警察逐家逐戶搜查。

The policemen searched one house after another in looking for the thief.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 为了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
=2 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=2 把 bà handle
=2 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
3 小偷 xiǎotōu thief
4 抓住 zhuāzhù to grab hold of; to capture
5 警察 jǐngchá police; police officer
6 逐家 zhújiā from house to house; door to door
7 逐 zhú
  1. (bound form) to pursue
  2. to chase away
  3. individually
  4. one by one
8 戶 hù
  1. a household
  2. door
  3. family
9 搜查 sōuchá to search