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embezzler

noun

Definition of embezzler

as in burglar

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Recent Examples of embezzler To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026 Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025 In 1930, Whitney, the scion of a prominent New England family, became the president of the stock exchange, but he was ultimately exposed as an embezzler and served more than three years in Sing Sing. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

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Noun

The video shows the burglars smashing open the video gambling machines with what appeared to be sledgehammers, crowbars, and pickaxes.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
On June 19 burglars used a saw to cut through a garage door on Avalon Heights Terrace, and smashed through a sliding glass window to get into the home.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of burglar

Noun

In 2018, thieves broke into the home and Usher and Miguel were robbed of $20,000 in cash and a litany of jewelry and watches (the most expensive watch was reportedly worth $220,000).

— Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026
But the hauls weren’t always the same; in one of them the thieves made off only with a fake diamond worth less than $200.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of thief

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The film moved the action from Boston to New York and made the title character a wealthy art thief instead of a bank robber.

— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
When a duo of robbers (Joe Pesci‘s Harry and Daniel Stern‘s Marv) try to break in, Kevin sets a series of traps to deter them.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Definition of robber

Noun

The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025

Definition of kleptomaniac

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