burglar

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If you have wheelie bins to the side or at the back of your house, or any garden furniture, the burglar will be able to jump up to the first floor where windows are easier to break into.

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  1. noun One who commits burglary.

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  • Although the burglar was armed, he didn't fire at the homeowner, who was not injured. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • Detective Constable Jay Mccreath, of Essex Police, said: "This burglar should be ashamed of himself as not only was he foiled by a man nearly three times his age but also that he should stoop to such despicable levels by smashing a photograph of sentimental value." —  British Blogs
  • The victim told authorities the burglar was a white, thin man wearing a dark-colored shirt, dark hat and blue jeans who left in a white four-door car. —  The State Journal-Register Home RSS
  • Hialeah police said the burglar is a white Latin man between 40 and 50 years old. —  JustNews.com - Local News
  • Unfortunately only the original cyber-burglar is a criminal, 3rd parties are legally in the clear. —  Patterico's Pontifications
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thief ·  robber ·  kidnapper ·  forger ·  smuggler ·  assassin ·  thug ·  rapist ·  gambler ·  swindler ·  prostitute ·  housebreaker

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burglar:   burglars
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Anglo-Norman burgler (alteration of burgesur, probably from Old French burg, borough) and Medieval Latin burgulātor (alteration of burgātor, from burgāre, to commit burglary in, from Late Latin burgus, fortified town), both of Germanic origin; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English bourglair, from Anglo-French *bourglaire (cf. Middle Latin burglator, burgulator (for burgi latro), shortened to burgator), a burglar, from Anglo-French bourg, Old French borg, borough (see borough), + laire, Old French laire, leire, lere = Provencal laire, a robber, from L. nominative latro (cf. Old French laron, French larron = Provencal lairo, a robber, from L. accusative latronem), a robber: see larceny.
 

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