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单词 burglar
释义
burglarbur‧glar /ˈbɜːɡlə $ ˈbɜːrɡlər/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINburglar
Origin:
1500-1600 Anglo-French burgler, from Medieval Latin burglator, from burgare ‘to burgle’, from Latin burgus ‘defended place’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A 79-YEAR-OLD man was struck with a hammer by a burglar who broke into his home, Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday.
  • He got into bed as carefully as a burglar climbing through a window.
  • One does not normally anticipate the presence of a burglar.
  • Trying to find out for certain if you were the burglar, and laying a little trap for you if you were.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
someone who steals things from a person or place: · The thief grabbed her handbag and ran off down the street.· Car thieves are operating in this area.
someone who goes into houses, offices etc to steal things: · Burglars broke into the house and took a computer worth £1,000.· Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window.
someone who steals from banks, offices, houses etc, especially using threats or violence: · a gang of bank robbers· an armed robber (=a robber with a gun)
someone who takes things from shops without paying for them, especially by hiding them in their clothes or in a bag: · The store has installed hidden cameras to catch shoplifters.
someone who steals from people’s pockets, especially in a crowded public place: · Look out for pickpockets in busy tourist areas.
a thief who violently attacks someone in the street and robs them: · The mugger punched him in the face and tried to steal his wallet.
someone who steals a car and drives it very fast for fun: · Police pursued the teenage joyriders across three counties.
someone who breaks into shops or homes and steals things, after there has been a natural disaster, a war, or a violent protest: · Police chiefs have warned that looters will be shot.
a member of an armed group of thieves who travel around attacking people in country areas: · The village was attacked by a gang of bandits.
someone who hunts animals, birds etc illegally on other people’s land: · Their job is to prevent poachers from killing the elephants.
different types of criminal
someone who steals things: · Car thieves have been working in the area.· The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery.
someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: · a masked robber armed with a shotgun· They were the most successful bank robbers in US history.
someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: · The burglars broke in through a window.
someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: · The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters.
someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: · A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station.
someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: · Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’.
someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: · a forger who fooled museum curators
someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: · Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills.
someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: · DVD pirates
someone who attacks and robs people in public places: · Muggers took his money and mobile phone.
someone who deliberately kills someone else: · His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.· the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers· He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people).
someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: · Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer.
someone who forces someone else to have sex: · Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious.
someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: · Too many sex offenders are released from prison early.
someone who deliberately damages public property: · Vandals broke most of the school’s windows.
someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: · The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who steals
someone who steals things, usually secretly and without violence: · The thieves had been careful not to leave any fingerprints.· She accused me of being a thief and a liar.car thief/jewel thief etc (=someone who steals cars, jewels etc): · Warning! Car thieves are operating in this area.
someone who steals from banks, offices, houses etc, especially by using threats or violence: · The robbers forced bank staff to give them £4000 in cash.bank robber (=someone who robs a bank): · A young teller was shot dead by bank robbers today.armed robber (=a robber with a gun)
someone who illegally gets into a house, office etc and steals things: · Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window.
someone who takes things from shops without paying for them, especially by hiding them in their clothes or in a bag: · The store has installed hidden cameras to catch shoplifters.· They have a policy of prosecuting all shoplifters.
someone who steals from people in a public place, by taking things from their pockets or bags without them noticing: · There are a lot of pickpockets in crowded tourist areas, so look after your belongings.
a thief who violently attacks someone in the street and robs them: · Harry suffered serious head injuries when he was attacked by a gang of muggers.
someone who steals a car and drives it very fast for fun: · Two joyriders died when their car crashed during a police chase.
someone who has a mental illness that makes them want to steal things, especially small things: · She must be some kind of kleptomaniac -- she can't go into a bar without coming out with a stack of glasses.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Neighbours heard the burglar alarm and called the police.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Ultrasonics technology is used in certain burglar alarm systems which trigger on detecting the sound of breaking glass.· We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle.· She was woken early this morning by a burglar alarm.· He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm.· A new burglar alarm and ventilation system have been fitted.· By the time the burglar alarms had alerted staff the birds were gone.· It was reported, in Baberton Mains, that a special offer for the installation of burglar alarms had been made.· Great Caesar; a burglar alarm.
· Although he was to become Britain's most successful cat burglar, Peace showed no early aptitude, and was frequently arrested.· Actually, Rutledge is a thief who employs his abused, trained ape Dunston as a simian cat burglar.· We are softly up the stairs and into our room with less noise than a pair of cat burglars.· Next,'s friends and colleagues dressed up as cat burglars and prowled around Telford town centre collecting money for Comic Relief.· Auguste flashed around busily, trying to reconcile these people with Rose's cat burglar.· Even Rose had no proof that the cat burglar was in Cannes.
VERB
· Wife - Darling, I think I can hear burglars downstairs.· Westbourne, shaken, was in no mood to think of burglars.· Did you think I was a burglar?· But just as he is leaving, Charlie thinks he is a burglar and grabs him.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • He was attacked in Sandbach after confronting a suspected burglar.
 someone who goes into houses, shops etc to steal things → robber, thief, cat burglar► see thesaurus at thief
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