cat burglars

noun

plural of cat burglar
as in cracksmen

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  1. burglars
  2. robbers
  3. thieves
Noun
  • Video footage from inside Kala Greek showed one of the burglars kicking the glass to break in.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • This time, burglars stole gold and silver coins worth more than $100,000.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of burglars
Noun
  • Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbers
Noun
  • Just after the illustration of the Devil is a collection of three spells to cure disease and fever and two magic formulas for catching thieves.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The answer lies in a complex game of cat and mouse between carmakers, thieves and technology.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of thieves
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“Cat burglars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%20burglars. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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