Definition of cat burglar
: a burglar who is adept at entering and leaving the burglarized place without attracting notice
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Ant-Man, also known as former cat burglar Scott Lang (Rudd), is serving out two years’ house arrest in San Francisco.
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Anyone with information about the would-be cat burglar is asked to contact the St. Francis Police Department at 414-481-2232.
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In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 dazzler To Catch a Thief, Cary Grant and Grace Kelly swerve and glide through the French Riviera in search of a jewel-snatching cat burglar.
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In To Catch a Thief, Cary Grant plays a reformed cat burglar whom the police suspect in an ongoing wave of jewel robberies on the Côte d’Azur.
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Black Cat is an acrobatic cat burglar whose real name is Felicia Hardy.
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But skillful research and due diligence are not qualities confined to historians (or cat burglars).
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Heck, if building a catwalk is less expensive than housing a cat burglar the county jail should start hosting fashion shows right now.
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First Known Use of cat burglar
1907
CAT BURGLAR Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of cat burglar for English Language Learners
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: a thief who enters buildings by climbing up a wall and going in through a window without being seen
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