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Nixon’s professed and late-blooming concern for safeguarding the rights of criminal defendants might be a bit hard to swallow; these were, after all, the Watergate burglars.—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 From smashing into glass doors as a burglar to attacking with a machete and acting as a ‘dangerous’ nanny, the Unitree G1 was initially tested for its usefulness as an assistant before appearing for the durability tests.—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025 According to the outlet, a burglar ransacked the property after smashing a glass door to get in while the couple were not at home.—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025 The new season finds Harry and Fergus delving into the worlds of whiskey-making, theatre and musical-tattoos, chasing a gang of middle-aged lady burglars and working to deal with a murder close to home.—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for burglar
Word History
Etymology
Anglo-French burgler, from Medieval Latin burglator, probably alteration of burgator, from burgare to commit burglary
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