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Recent Examples of cat burglar
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Just call him a cat burglar.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat burglar
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But the coup de grace for the burglars came on April 9, when police arrested the 23-year-old and seized his phone.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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The agency is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the burglars, a poster distributed by the agency and posted Monday by Little Rock police states.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The film stars Crowe as an ageing club owner whose dreams of selling-up and retiring are scuppered when an masked robber cleans out the business.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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Viggo Mortensen plays Tom, a family man who swiftly kills a pair of would-be robbers at his diner and becomes a media sensation.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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In February, police in the suburbs formed a task force to target thieves who had been targeting video gambling machines, wielding crowbars and sledgehammers to break into the machines to steal cash.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Freight thieves do have other tastes.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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“Cat burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%20burglar. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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