cat burglar
noun
: a burglar who is adept at entering and leaving the burglarized place without attracting notice
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To Catch a Thief Official Trailer - Cary Grant Movie (1955) Watch on Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief stars Cary Grant as John, a former cat burglar who has since retired to the French Riviera.
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Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023
Over the course of headlining two movies and multiple appearances in other Marvel flicks, Rudd has evolved Scott from awkward cat burglar to bona fide superhero.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
My future as a cat burglar is ruined.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
At the time, he was called the Miami cat burglar.
—Curt Anderson, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
Separately, inside the besieged city, the orphaned seamstress Anna has developed herself a side hustle as a cat burglar to raise money for her sick sister, Maria.
—New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
The 1994 film is about a cat burglar and a dysfunctional family, according to IMDB.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
Djinn — a literal magical being, an actual giant — arrives with the silence of a cat burglar, for example.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
But their story as the Dark Knight and the most famous cat burglar of all time didn't begin until their chemistry test on a Warner Bros. soundstage in Burbank in October 2019.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2022
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Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023
Over the course of headlining two movies and multiple appearances in other Marvel flicks, Rudd has evolved Scott from awkward cat burglar to bona fide superhero.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
My future as a cat burglar is ruined.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
At the time, he was called the Miami cat burglar.
—Curt Anderson, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
Separately, inside the besieged city, the orphaned seamstress Anna has developed herself a side hustle as a cat burglar to raise money for her sick sister, Maria.
—New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
The 1994 film is about a cat burglar and a dysfunctional family, according to IMDB.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
Djinn — a literal magical being, an actual giant — arrives with the silence of a cat burglar, for example.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
But their story as the Dark Knight and the most famous cat burglar of all time didn't begin until their chemistry test on a Warner Bros. soundstage in Burbank in October 2019.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2022
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First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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