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The user shared another clip in the thread that followed, showing the G1 breaking into a room like a burglar, shattering a glass door.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Smithsonian, the Axeman used a railroad shoe pin, which led police to believe the murderer was an experienced burglar.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
The Louvre's president and director admitted that the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and pledged to make security upgrades to the centuries-old building.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Police are looking for a trio of burglars who made off with more than $3 million worth of jewelry from a Queens home, cops said Tuesday.
—Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Smithsonian, the Axeman used a railroad shoe pin, which led police to believe the murderer was an experienced burglar.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
The Louvre's president and director admitted that the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and pledged to make security upgrades to the centuries-old building.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Police are looking for a trio of burglars who made off with more than $3 million worth of jewelry from a Queens home, cops said Tuesday.
—Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burglar
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“Burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burglar. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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burglar
noun
bur·glar
ˈbər-glər 
: a person who commits burglary
Legal Definition
burglar
noun
bur·glar
ˈbər-glər
: a person who commits a burglary
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