A person who breaks into a house or other building with intent to commit a crime, esp. a robbery.
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] (54) housebreakera1400 A person who breaks into a house or other building with intent to commit a crime, esp. a robbery. burglary1533 = burglar, n. burglar1541 One who is guilty of burglary. burglarer1598 = burglar, n. mill1607 A thief, a housebreaker. Cf. mill-ken, n. mill-ken1667 A thief, a housebreaker. hoister1708 a housebreaker (perhaps obsolete); a shoplifter; a pickpocket. crack1749 Thieves' slang. A burglar; = cracksman, n. cracksman1819 A housebreaker. screwsman1819 A thief who picks locks, or makes and uses false keys; (more generally) a burglar, a housebreaker; (also) spec. a safe-breaker. screwer1831 Criminals' slang. A thief who picks locks; (more generally) a burglar, a housebreaker. Cf. screwsman, n. crib-cracker1879 a burglar (see 3b); so. cracker1886 gen. key worker1895 U.S. colloquial. A person who picks locks, a burglar. houseman1904 U.S. slang. A person who robs houses; a burglar. Now rare. home invader1907 Chiefly North American, Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). A perpetrator of a home invasion; a burglar, an intruder. in and out man1961 attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison… Subcategories:— cat-burglar (6) — who uses a ladder (1) — who breaks or removes window (2) — who draws or lifts latch (4) — who enters through unlocked door or window (6) — who picks or forces locks (4) — who hides in house (1) — who burgles shops (1) — burglar's assistant (1) — safe-breaker (11) |
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