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Meanings of burglar in anglès

rus
взломщик
espanyol
allanador de morada

Criminal who trespasses to steal things from people.

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взломщик
Synonyms
Examples for "housebreaker"
Examples for "housebreaker"
1
When I observed that a housebreaker was in general very timorous; JOHNSON.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
2
They might as well say I was a horse-stealer or a housebreaker.
The Virginians
3
You poor specimen of a housebreaker, suppose you were caught at it!
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
4
The darkness of the upper hallway offered no obstacle to this familiar housebreaker.
The Oakdale Affair
5
Among them lurked the housebreaker, the highway robber, and the pickpocket.
As We Are and As We May Be
Usage of burglar in anglès
1
The Arkwright home had a first-rate burglar alarm, Fischer Systems' model NCN-30.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
2
The way I hear it, you're not just a garden-variety burglar, either.
The burglar who traded ted williams
3
Let there not be a burglar alarm, I urged the good Dismas.
The burglar who studied spinoza
4
Groggy, I thought my house alarm was announcing a burglar or fire.
Bones Never Lie
5
A red light glowed within, indicating that the burglar alarm was set.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
6
Thank God for burglar alarms and pickproof locks and tight security systems.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
7
We can't be absolutely sure because your wife didn't see the burglar.
Naked Heat
8
Bernie the burglar series aren't just good mysteries, they are supreme escapism.
The burglar who painted like mondrian
9
Wade took out his kit of burglar's tools and went to work.
Death angel
10
Who else but a born burglar would see the story that way?
The burglar who traded ted williams
11
If a burglar was ransacking Bedelia Morse's house, that was his business.
Mine
12
She almost hoped it was a burglar; the other alternative was scarier.
The maverick
13
He displayed the pistol, at the sight of which the burglar hesitated.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
14
The break-in - which occurred late on Sunday - triggered burglar alarms.
The Irish Times
15
Considerate of them, I thought, to leave a light for the burglar.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
16
A pretty fine burglar you make, it seems, when the time comes.
The hobbit: or there and back again
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Burglar through the time
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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