burglar
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈbɜrɡlər/
:
ladrón
- The burglars are caught red-handed and arrested.
- burglar alarm
- catch a burglar
- armed burglar
We blame the person who didn't lock their door instead of the burglars who took their stuff.
- We blame the person who didn't lock their door instead of the burglars who took their stuff.
- So when they caught those Watergate burglars, one of them, I think his name was Baker.
- I mean, the police are there to catch murderers and rapists and burglars and thieves and fraudsters.
- The devil is a burglar climbing into your house without you knowing, and he's in there and he's causing mayhem.
- She was killed by like random burglars and he never knew his father.
- I mean, like one of the burglars had a check from Howard Hunt.
- They got the fucking burglar, They got the big black guy Grimace.
- Grasses, Child molesters, women, beaters, burglars, muggers.
- And when light hits the cell, it kicks that burglar out.
- But As for those wrapping billion dollar Bitcoin burglars, I'm saying thanks, but no thanks.
- But I'd hate to be a burglar or, or someone that even dared try it on.
- And I said, well, he's actually a burglar.
- I'm gonna get back and my whole place is gonna be looted by burglars, hustlers.
Examples
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Days later, on February 6, 2011, burglars stole gold jewelry and a new laptop.
Academic text (2017) -
The police arrested the burglar after he was caught breaking into a store last night.
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I thought she was a burglar.
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You are a terrible cat burglar!
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Everything was white, silver, or glass, except the black burglar bars over the windows and door.
Fiction book (1991) -
And what this burglar would do is look for a sliding glass door that had been left unlocked or an open window.
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I'm always worried burglars are gonna break in.
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There is a need to educate people about the benefits of using adjustable burglar-proof devices.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm a cat burglar.
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The burglar ransacked the-the china cabinets, but I... I fought him off.
Synonyms
754
1.0
A person who takes someone else's things without permission
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7.1
A person who quietly climbs into buildings through upper windows or roofs to steal things
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4.6
A person who takes things that belong to others without permission
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7.6
A person who secretly steals things without using force
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9.9
A person who breaks into places like banks to steal from safes
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9.2
A person who steals things
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7.6
A person who enters a house without permission to steal things
A person who illegally takes other people's things
Compounds
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7.1
A person who quietly climbs into buildings through upper windows or roofs to steal things
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burglar comes from the old word burg meaning 'fort' or 'town', the same burg you see in place names like Hamburg. Long ago a burglar was someone who broke into houses in a town to steal, so today a burglar is a person who enters a building to steal.