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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A burglar who is especially skilled at stealthy or undetected entry of a premises.

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  1. n. A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house

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  • “It is certain no one will remember, when I am gone, that I was a man who first published Lenny B.uce; that I saved two hundred acres of watershed land from develop­ers; that I once singlehandedly caught a car thief and on another occasion deduced the identity of a cat burglar and was instrumental in his capture; that I corresponded with the mysterious B. Traven and published his first book of short stories; that it was I who manipulated Mystery Writ­ers of America into paying authors and editors who con­tributed to their anthologies.”

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  • dontcry "...the sheikh said gangsters hurled a feral cat into the centre of the crowd..." - Reuters
    Damn! That's what I call a fur ball. Feb 28, 2009

  • bilby New twist! Feb 28, 2009

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