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Noun
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Home gold storage, on the other hand, requires substantial infrastructure, including a high-quality fire- and burglar-resistant safe, and standard homeowner's insurance typically limits coverage for precious metals.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026 -
She and her husband Thomas Deluca were shot to death in July after confronting a burglar in their Encino home.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2026
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According to Goodstone, this is a common spot that thieves know to check within seconds of entering your room.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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Police said the thief or thieves also switched the van's Indiana license plates to ones from Illinois.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Police said the robbers stole Illinois license plates from similar cars and swapped them out.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, the robbers ordered employees to one part of the room at gunpoint before two of them smashed the glass display cases with sledgehammers, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Nick Sullivan
March 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the end, staff at the Capitol had to hire a safecracker and jimmy the thing.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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In classic heist-thriller fashion, each recruit fulfills a very cool and specific role — the driver, the safecracker, the chemist, etc.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Jan. 2023
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The Nuggets are a cat burglar’s dream team.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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To build out a beloved landmark in a historic district, under the anxious eye of preservationists, and slip in an extra 27,000 square feet of new construction practically unnoticed — that’s the work of a reverse cat burglar.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Housebreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housebreaker. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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