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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
Cellphone jammers are sometimes sold illegally and used by car thieves and burglars.
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
And in a separate incident in La Puente, burglars were caught on video wiping out a store's entire Labubu collection.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Overgrown shrubs can also shield burglars from street view, so trim back your foliage to deny them concealment.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The burglars were in and out of homes in minutes and left with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and luxury items.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
Click or tap here to read more about how these skilled burglars executed heists.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2025
The deficit of arrests and charges in the case raises the possibility that three-fourths of the band of burglars, said to have ties to South America, have gotten away with the crime.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
While smash-and-grab thefts are not unusual in the area, tunneling operations are rare, suggesting the burglars may have scoped out the property and planned the heist in advance.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
In 2022, Alameda County prosecutors used the sweet gesture to charge Whatley with murdering a San Leandro budtender during a wild and chaotic shootout between a group of at least five masked burglars and two private cops.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
And in a separate incident in La Puente, burglars were caught on video wiping out a store's entire Labubu collection.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Overgrown shrubs can also shield burglars from street view, so trim back your foliage to deny them concealment.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The burglars were in and out of homes in minutes and left with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and luxury items.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
Click or tap here to read more about how these skilled burglars executed heists.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2025
The deficit of arrests and charges in the case raises the possibility that three-fourths of the band of burglars, said to have ties to South America, have gotten away with the crime.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
While smash-and-grab thefts are not unusual in the area, tunneling operations are rare, suggesting the burglars may have scoped out the property and planned the heist in advance.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
In 2022, Alameda County prosecutors used the sweet gesture to charge Whatley with murdering a San Leandro budtender during a wild and chaotic shootout between a group of at least five masked burglars and two private cops.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglars
Noun
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Horse thieves murdered my father before I was born.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
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Pair your new address with your date of birth (easy to find online), and thieves can open accounts in your name.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the triple shooting would not result in homicide charges for an 18-year-old occupant of the apartment who fired back at two robbers, killing them, after another resident inside the home was gunned down.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Over the next 10 days, police would track the robbers’ movements throughout the Bay Area, linking them not only to a Piedmont home burglary two days before the bombing, but to a large, sophisticated West Coast heist crew that has raked in millions.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Burglars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglars. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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