burglar
/ˈbɝɡlɚ/ noun B1- A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft. · The burglar made off with a large diamond from the museum.
Plural burglars
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When Marilla went out that evening to bring the cows from the back pasture, Matthew, who had been hanging about the barns and watching, slipped into the house with the air of a burglar and crept upstairs.
Naturally my first thought was of burglars.
“The burglar, sir.
A gang of burglars acting in the country might be expected to vary the scene of their operations, and not to crack two cribs in the same district within a few days.
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