as in thief
a person who illegally enters a building in order to steal things; a person who commits burglary
The burglar had broken into several homes in the neighborhood.
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Recent Examples of burglar
In addition to taking the cash register, the burglars stole recently delivered inventory.
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Quite literally as that happened, three masked burglars broke into Shedeur's home and stole $200,000 worth of goods.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
Police said Garcia was charged with third-degree burglary and possession of burglars tools.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Prosecuting lawyer David Patience claimed that because the burglars’ victims were targeted because of their sexuality, the robberies could be viewed as hate crimes.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Quite literally as that happened, three masked burglars broke into Shedeur's home and stole $200,000 worth of goods.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
Police said Garcia was charged with third-degree burglary and possession of burglars tools.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Prosecuting lawyer David Patience claimed that because the burglars’ victims were targeted because of their sexuality, the robberies could be viewed as hate crimes.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglar
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Over the next two months or so, work will focus inside the 190,000-square-foot, bunker-like structure — vacant for nearly two decades and long the target of vandals and the object of thieves who stripped the concrete structure of anything of value.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2026
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That information is now in the hands of identity thieves and potentially hostile foreign adversaries, patiently waiting for the right moment to strike.—
Barbara McQuade,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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One robber also used pepper spray.—
Cameron Macdonald,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Police said in each instance, two to four robbers exited a white sedan, approached the victims, and demanded their personal items at gunpoint.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglar. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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