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The Louvre director said the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and that there were not enough cameras monitoring the museum's perimeter.—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025 Between a high-profile divorce, finishing up her law school studies and having to testify during the trial of the burglars who robbed her years ago in Paris, Kim Kardashian has had a lot going on.—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025 Between a high-profile divorce, finishing up her law school studies and having to testify during the trial of the burglars who robbed her years ago in Paris, Kim Kardashian has had a lot going on.—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025 While authorities are still trying to identify the burglars, prosecutors said on Monday that a bottle of liquid and other equipment were left behind at the scene and are now being examined.—Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 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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