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单词 burglar
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Definition of burglar in English:

burglar

noun ˈbəːɡləˈbərɡlər
  • A person who commits burglary.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Robbers, burglars and drugs dealers will be first to fall under the spotlight, they said.
    • Luckily they woke up when the window shattered, so the burglars got away empty handed.
    • Instead he neglected his duty and the burglars got away with those crimes.
    • The crime spree has led victims from across the town to lose thousands of pounds in cash after being conned by burglars.
    • Security footage of young burglars raiding a Cotswold church is being examined by police.
    • If you think you have the right to assault a burglar, the burglar himself has a right of self-defence!
    • But to the victim of burglary the motivation of the burglar may well be of secondary interest.
    • Police are to target crime hotspots in the Keighley division to purge the streets of robbers and burglars.
    • Two policemen, chasing a burglar on foot, left their car open and his accomplice stole it.
    • Going soft on burglars and car thieves, she added, was a slap in the face for their victims.
    • A pioneering scheme to gate off alleys to burglars and thieves could be on its way to parts of central York.
    • Please be warned that a group or groups of burglars and thieves are in the area.
    • It is like making someone who has had their house burgled pay to keep the burglar in jail!
    • Many burglars commit dozens, or even hundreds, of crimes before they're caught.
    • He said she refused to accept her son had killed his wife and still believed the couple had been murdered by burglars.
    • It was the second time in three months that a member of the public had foiled the habitual burglar's crimes.
    • Well, the two burglars got away with the jewels but not without a fight.
    • On last night's Question Time a girl said that all burglars and petty criminals should be shot.
    • The police time now dedicated to the drug trade would be freed up to catch burglars, rapists and murderers.
    • Don't lump them in with the drug dealers and burglars deliberately cheating the state.
    Synonyms
    housebreaker, robber, cat burglar, raider, looter, pilferer, picklock, thief, sneak thief, safe-breaker, safe-blower, safe-cracker
    kleptomaniac
    intruder, trespasser
    informal filcher, cracksman
    North American informal second-story man/worker, yegg

Derivatives

  • burglarious

  • adjective bəːˈɡlɛːrɪəsˌbərˈɡlɛriəs
    archaic
    • Relating to or involving burglary.

      burglarious entry with intent to steal was shown
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The trial court sentenced Latimer to ten years for the burglary and two years for the possession of burglarious tools.
      • Officers were able to recover a laptop stolen from the car from the suspect as well as a screwdriver used by him as a burglarious tool.
      • While the offence of burglary was complete upon crossing the threshold, the Court held that the unlawful act comprised the whole of the burglarious intrusion.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier 'pillage'.

 
 

Definition of burglar in US English:

burglar

nounˈbərɡlərˈbərɡlər
  • A person who commits burglary.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said she refused to accept her son had killed his wife and still believed the couple had been murdered by burglars.
    • Police are to target crime hotspots in the Keighley division to purge the streets of robbers and burglars.
    • If you think you have the right to assault a burglar, the burglar himself has a right of self-defence!
    • Well, the two burglars got away with the jewels but not without a fight.
    • The crime spree has led victims from across the town to lose thousands of pounds in cash after being conned by burglars.
    • Going soft on burglars and car thieves, she added, was a slap in the face for their victims.
    • Don't lump them in with the drug dealers and burglars deliberately cheating the state.
    • But to the victim of burglary the motivation of the burglar may well be of secondary interest.
    • The police time now dedicated to the drug trade would be freed up to catch burglars, rapists and murderers.
    • It is like making someone who has had their house burgled pay to keep the burglar in jail!
    • On last night's Question Time a girl said that all burglars and petty criminals should be shot.
    • Luckily they woke up when the window shattered, so the burglars got away empty handed.
    • Robbers, burglars and drugs dealers will be first to fall under the spotlight, they said.
    • It was the second time in three months that a member of the public had foiled the habitual burglar's crimes.
    • Many burglars commit dozens, or even hundreds, of crimes before they're caught.
    • Instead he neglected his duty and the burglars got away with those crimes.
    • A pioneering scheme to gate off alleys to burglars and thieves could be on its way to parts of central York.
    • Please be warned that a group or groups of burglars and thieves are in the area.
    • Two policemen, chasing a burglar on foot, left their car open and his accomplice stole it.
    • Security footage of young burglars raiding a Cotswold church is being examined by police.
    Synonyms
    housebreaker, robber, cat burglar, raider, looter, pilferer, picklock, thief, sneak thief, safe-breaker, safe-blower, safe-cracker

Origin

Mid 16th century: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.

 
 
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