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burglar

noun

Definition of burglar

as in thief

a person who illegally enters a building in order to steal things; a person who commits burglary The burglar had broken into several homes in the neighborhood.

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Recent Examples of burglar The burglars dropped the other two paintings—the 1895 Portrait of Madame Pichon and the 1905 Coco Lisant—in the garden of the museum while making their escape. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026 In 1824, the British lockmaker Charles Chubb challenged a burglar, who was imprisoned on a ship, to open one of his toughest locks. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 The drone footage example shows one way Flock cameras can help the police track down car burglars. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 The burglar broke into the first floor of the director’s New York townhouse, scanned an array of expensive framed artworks on her wall and made their choice. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for burglar

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The thieves also damaged the main office building with copper wiring and components removed from rooftop systems and air conditioning units, police said.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The basic set-up, for years, was just a comic ripping off a joke and performing it on stage; the infamous mid-2000s Comedy Store stand-off between Joe Rogan and alleged joke thief Carlos Mencia is one of the most famous examples.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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In Tokyo and Osaka, there are Chinese gangsters, Brazilian robbers, and even a gang of thieves from Serbia and Montenegro called the Pink Panthers.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The robbers were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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