burglar
[ˈbɜːrɡlər]
Definition:
1. A thief who enters a building with intent to steal.
'burglar' example sentence:
- The Police arrested the burglar.
- But burglars stole them all from his parents' home in June.
- He got a job selling burglar alarms and also worked at a pub.
- A burglar was so frightened after being caught by security guards he urinated.
- Ningbo, China: Persistent burglar hides under bed for two days.
- Hangzhou police on Monday detained a group of burglars, including 13 HIV carriers.
- Now Nando was alarmed. "Are you some kind of burglar?"
- A surveillance camera recorded two burglars forcing open the iron door an hour before.
- The girl thought she recognized his voice and later realized it was the burglar.
- Museum burglars bring to mind a Sean Connery type sneaking through a ceiling.
- Police were on the look out for the four suspects who were believed to be burglars.
- That night I slept soundly because I was sure that no burglar could get into our house.
- Patrolling police detained a man in Chongqing as a burglar one night last week.
- The burglar saw the policeman and cleared off immediately.
- And if I am a burglar, you'd better head home right now.
- Startled, the burglar looks around the room.
- A burglar fell asleep twice on the balcony of a flat he broke into on Tuesday.
- The burglar found his number from a business card in his computer bag.
- The other burglar hid from police in an apartment by crawling through a window.
- She told Baoding City police, who helped her text the burglar and arrange a meeting.
- A paranoid Chongqing woman's idea of keeping burglars away has begun to infuriate her neighbors.
- After the burglars replied and provided their address, the police showed up and arrested them.
- In 2009, the temptation of drugs drove him to join a burglar ring.
- He then used a knife to fight the burglar, who was killed in the tussle.
- The officers told him that the man they sought was a convicted burglar.
- The police arrived soon afterward, but the burglar was already gone.
- Later, police caught the burglar's partner who escaped when the woman screamed.
- Six burglars broke in at about 3 am and tied up the couple.
- Li stressed that Shi is not a skilled burglar as some have assumed.
- Next, the two burglars killed Song's wife and daughter who had also been awakened.
- This is a manufacturer of burglar-proof padlock.
- Down jumped the burglar from the tenth floor when the policeman pointed his gun at him.
- After the burglar was caught, there was a lot of relief.
- These are the points that a burglar will attack.
- A burglar for love is loathsome.
- He openly boasted of his skill as a burglar.
- The burglar jumps again, and takes a longer look around the room.
- Earlier this month, burglars hit the Los Angeles home of Nicky Hilton.
- But Ding shot from the bed, grabbing a pole and taking down two of the burglars.
- The burglar got in through the window.
- Police caught a hardened burglar that night as he carried tools to commit an offense.
- A young woman has subdued a burglar who broke into her home using Taekwondo moves.
- Four burglars chose the wrong home to break into on Friday night.
- We kept alive and caught the burglar.
- The failed burglar is out of danger and awaiting his family's arrival.
- The bark of the dog grightened the burglar away.
- Ding's cousin Huang heard the commotion and helped to capture one of the burglars.
- He opened the door and came face-to-face with a burglar.
- We arrived home early and surprised a burglar trying to break in.
- With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.
- This was the burglar example where they had two copies of everything.
- They believe the burglars could have drugged them with an unknown gas.
- The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
- However, the identity of the burglar changed after the first half of the film while the initial burglar was out of sight.
- The main thing to remember is to switch off the burglar alarm.
- He chased after the burglar but couldn't catch him.
- The burglar alarm should be professionally installed.
- A determined burglar will not shirk from breaking a window to gain entry.