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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 burglars
The Louvre's president and director admitted that the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and pledged to make security upgrades to the centuries-old building.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Police are looking for a trio of burglars who made off with more than $3 million worth of jewelry from a Queens home, cops said Tuesday.
—Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Between a high-profile divorce, finishing up her law school studies and having to testify during the trial of the burglars who robbed her years ago in Paris, Kim Kardashian has had a lot going on.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
While authorities are still trying to identify the burglars, prosecutors said on Monday that a bottle of liquid and other equipment were left behind at the scene and are now being examined.
—Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Nixon’s professed and late-blooming concern for safeguarding the rights of criminal defendants might be a bit hard to swallow; these were, after all, the Watergate burglars.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The new season finds Harry and Fergus delving into the worlds of whiskey-making, theatre and musical-tattoos, chasing a gang of middle-aged lady burglars and working to deal with a murder close to home.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Cellphone jammers are sometimes sold illegally and used by car thieves and burglars.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
The burglars entered the back of the house.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Police are looking for a trio of burglars who made off with more than $3 million worth of jewelry from a Queens home, cops said Tuesday.
—Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Between a high-profile divorce, finishing up her law school studies and having to testify during the trial of the burglars who robbed her years ago in Paris, Kim Kardashian has had a lot going on.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
While authorities are still trying to identify the burglars, prosecutors said on Monday that a bottle of liquid and other equipment were left behind at the scene and are now being examined.
—Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Nixon’s professed and late-blooming concern for safeguarding the rights of criminal defendants might be a bit hard to swallow; these were, after all, the Watergate burglars.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The new season finds Harry and Fergus delving into the worlds of whiskey-making, theatre and musical-tattoos, chasing a gang of middle-aged lady burglars and working to deal with a murder close to home.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Cellphone jammers are sometimes sold illegally and used by car thieves and burglars.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
The burglars entered the back of the house.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglars
Noun
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Eyes on Within four minutes of arriving at the outside wall of the Louvre, the thieves had scaled the building and were breaking through a window.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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President and director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, told the French Senate that the only camera installed outside the Apollo Gallery did not capture footage of the window where the thieves broke in and exited.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin were convicted bank robbers who’d been preparing six months for this moment.—
Mike Bezemek,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
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To Lee, cops are worse than robbers.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Burglars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglars. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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