burglars

noun

plural of burglar
as in thieves
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 store owner told CBS News Chicago the burglars took an ATM with $2,000 inside. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 The burglars dropped the other two paintings—the 1895 Portrait of Madame Pichon and the 1905 Coco Lisant—in the garden of the museum while making their escape. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026 Hobbyist lock pickers are not burglars, Weyers said, but people who want to master a practical and tactile skill. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 The drone footage example shows one way Flock cameras can help the police track down car burglars. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 Back in 2018, Tarantino reportedly awoke in the middle of the night to find two burglars inside his home. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglars
  1. thieves
  2. robbers
Noun
  • The thieves also damaged the main office building with copper wiring and components removed from rooftop systems and air conditioning units, police said.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Europol has warned of an increase in museum robberies, with gold objects proving particularly attractive to thieves.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of thieves
Noun
  • The robbers were under the impression that the warehouse held foreign currency but instead found 6,800 candy-bar-sized gold ingots alongside diamonds, travelers checks, and precious metals.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • On Saturday, around seven masked robbers shut off the alarms and surveillance cameras surrounding one of Marchesi Antinori’s cellars in Cortona.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbers

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“Burglars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglars. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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