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burglar noun[ C ] uk /ˈbɜː.ɡlər/ us /ˈbɝː.ɡlɚ/ B2 a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things入室窃贼
It was brave of you to chase after the burglar. No household security devices will protect you against the determined burglar. The burglar had left his fingerprints all over the window. The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to break into the house.劫犯们让报警器失灵,用玻璃刀进入了屋子。 The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.盗贼已被捕,但珠宝仍下落不明。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Miscellaneous criminals arsonist artifice burglar bigamist bioterrorist black hat distraction burglar distraction thief drug dealer embezzler expropriator launderer looter lowlife man of straw money launderer scofflaw shicer shoplifter small-timer smuggler
A half dozen burglars or other active criminals in a town will produce the impression that a large portion of the population are law breakers. And the burglar, helping himself to another silver tea-pot, continued his lucrative work. Burglars are wicked men, and thieves and robbers. He was a professional burglar—but then he got on in years. Shortly afterward the house was entered by burglars who made a good haul, while the big dog slept.
burglar | American Dictionary burglar noun[ C ] us/ˈbɜr·ɡlər/ a person who illegally enters a building by force to steal things
burglar | Business English burglar noun[ C ] uk /ˈbɜːɡlər/us LAW a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things: The burglar had taken a laptop on which highly sensitive information was stored. |