It was no common burglar's work, for what had I worth stealing?

One would think to hear you that Mr. Keeler was a common burglar.

You're no better than a common burglar.

He may have been a common burglar, or he may have had some private grudge against Mr. Douglas.

If baffled in this, I proposed to make my escape as a common burglar surprised upon your premises.

You have actually fallen so low, Mr. McIntyre, as to steal into my house at night like a common burglar.

There's a good deal of a man about him, or about any common burglar or sneak thief, compared to this duck.

Vandals, like the egg pirates or any other common burglar, approach stealthily, tiptoeing through the undergrowth and freezing at the slightest sound.

The man who shot him was a common burglar, and frightened at having been betrayed into murder, fled without looking for booty.

The owner of the thumb might have been a common burglar, but in the light of recent events David was not inclined to think so.

You spoke of those clubs; we should not only get kicked out of them, but put in prison like common burglars!

"It must have been some common burglar or desperado; can you not bring him, then, to justice?"

"Why, you are a common burglar."

"Why, you're a common burglar."