cat burglar

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Recent Examples of cat burglar In theaters May 24 08 of 31 The Garfield Movie Just call him a cat burglar. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024 No one mistook them for cat burglars, but the authorities say the crew spent two decades pilfering, and in some cases destroying, art and sports treasures, including Yogi Berra’s championship rings. Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024 To Catch a Thief Official Trailer - Cary Grant Movie (1955) Watch on Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief stars Cary Grant as John, a former cat burglar who has since retired to the French Riviera. Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023 Over the course of headlining two movies and multiple appearances in other Marvel flicks, Rudd has evolved Scott from awkward cat burglar to bona fide superhero. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cat burglar
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Noun
  • 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
  • From smashing into glass doors as a burglar to attacking with a machete and acting as a ‘dangerous’ nanny, the Unitree G1 was initially tested for its usefulness as an assistant before appearing for the durability tests.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The film follows bank robbers who are documenting their heists on social media.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The defense argued that the robbers threatened Steiner’s life at gunpoint and could have pursued him, according to the outlet.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Based on Richard Stark's Parker novels, Shane Black's unapologetically ridiculous action comedy casts Mark Wahlberg as a legendary thief who vows vengeance on a woman (Rosa Salazar) who turned on him the last job.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Wahlberg plays Parker, a blue-collar thief seeking revenge after a brutal double-cross.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Cat burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%20burglar. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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