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Samson realizes that arresting speculators and burglars on behalf of the Bolsheviks will not bring back the stability of his middle-class, prerevolutionary youth.
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Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
In 2020, burglars crept into his game-farm, slit open a leather sofa, and disappeared with bundles of undeclared U.S. dollars—leaving the head of state, a Black farmer, both a victim of crime and a symbol of murky governance.
—Sizwe Mpofu Walsh, Time, 23 May 2025
It’s believed the burglars are professionals who spent hours inside the business.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
But in Pittsburg, San Pablo, Pacheco, and several locations around Oakland, both Wendy’s and Taco Bells have been hit by the same group of burglars, who have taken as much as $20,000 at a time from restaurant safes, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
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Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
In 2020, burglars crept into his game-farm, slit open a leather sofa, and disappeared with bundles of undeclared U.S. dollars—leaving the head of state, a Black farmer, both a victim of crime and a symbol of murky governance.
—Sizwe Mpofu Walsh, Time, 23 May 2025
It’s believed the burglars are professionals who spent hours inside the business.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
But in Pittsburg, San Pablo, Pacheco, and several locations around Oakland, both Wendy’s and Taco Bells have been hit by the same group of burglars, who have taken as much as $20,000 at a time from restaurant safes, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burglar. Accessed 14 Jun. 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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