burglar

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Recent Examples of burglar Security cameras showed one of the burglars crawling on his stomach through the candy store before cutting through both concrete and a thick safe, stealing more than $2 million in cash and jewelry. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 6 June 2025 The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed with Fox News Digital that the hooded burglars stole approximately $2,000 to $3,000 worth of merchandise from the cannabis storefront before fleeing. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025 Glass is a human invention, and its breakage is inevitably associated with human violence or a human accident: a burglar’s incursion, a child’s wayward baseball, a pogrom. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025 Authorities are searching for burglars who hit a high-end sneaker shop hours before its doors opened, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for burglar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglar
thief
Noun
  • Fortunately for her, there’s work to be found: a gang of thieves is assembling a crew to steal a precious necklace from the Ministry itself.
    Caroline Carlson June 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
  • After a den of thieves ransacked a rural Northern California home so many times that the owner fled in fear, the property fell into even wilder hands: a group of bears, authorities said.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025

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“Burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglar. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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