Burglar
noun
A person who illegally enters buildings and steals things.
The burglar broke into the house and stole valuable items.
Often appears as...
- arrested the burglar
- burglar alarm
noun
A person who illegally enters buildings and steals things.
The burglar broke into the house and stole valuable items.
Often appears as...
- arrested the burglar
- burglar alarm
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Illegal Entry
Burglar specifically refers to entering a place illegally to steal, unlike a general thief.
If someone sneaks into a home to take things, they're a burglar.
Pro Tip 2/3Planned Crime
Burglary is often premeditated, which means the burglar plans their crime ahead of time.
The burglar studied the family's routine before breaking in.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Context
Burglar is commonly used with security terms, like burglar alarm, indicating protection against theft.
They installed a burglar alarm after the break-in.
Pro Tip 1/3Illegal Entry
Burglar specifically refers to entering a place illegally to steal, unlike a general thief.
If someone sneaks into a home to take things, they're a burglar.
Pro Tip 2/3Planned Crime
Burglary is often premeditated, which means the burglar plans their crime ahead of time.
The burglar studied the family's routine before breaking in.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Context
Burglar is commonly used with security terms, like burglar alarm, indicating protection against theft.
They installed a burglar alarm after the break-in.
Pro Tip 1/3Illegal Entry
Burglar specifically refers to entering a place illegally to steal, unlike a general thief.
If someone sneaks into a home to take things, they're a burglar.
Pro Tip 2/3Planned Crime
Burglary is often premeditated, which means the burglar plans their crime ahead of time.
The burglar studied the family's routine before breaking in.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Context
Burglar is commonly used with security terms, like burglar alarm, indicating protection against theft.
They installed a burglar alarm after the break-in.
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A delightful way to...
it has a navigation system inside of it. And a dog -- a dog might not be a computer, but it has a collar and the collar might have a computer inside of it. And grocery stores, they have so many different kinds of computers, like the cashier system and the burglar alarms. And kids, you know what?
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Edith Widder: The weird...
was made by a bioluminescent dinoflagellate, a single-celled alga. So why would a single-celled alga need to be able to produce light? Well, it uses it to defend itself from its predators. The flash is like a scream for help. It's what's known as a bioluminescent burglar alarm,
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The weird, wonderful...
was made by a bioluminescent dinoflagellate a single-celled alga so why would a single-celled alga need to be able to produce light well uses it to defend itself from its predators the flash is like a scream for help it's what's known as a bioluminescent burglar alarm and just
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Monkey Friends PIPE Cheeky...
put the better burglar proving in security doors on their premises to keep them out and sunset nobody is complaining again but monkeys do get shot and they have no official protection happily one policeman is not their only friend in town I think they love
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How we found the giant...
which we called the electronic jellyfish, or e-jelly, because it was designed to imitate the bioluminescent display of the common deep sea jellyfish Atolla. Now, this pinwheel of light that the Atolla produces is known as a bioluminescent burglar alarm
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James Kunstler: How bad...
So I went back on the nicest day of the year, just to -- you know -- do some reality testing, and in fact, he will not even go down there because it's not interesting enough for his clients, you know, the burglars, the muggers.
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Redemption Arrest PIPE...
the sting from their failed arrest attempt of a suspected burglar three nights ago stay right there check that out now they're ready to prove their worth on a new case if you guys feel you need justify see if we got
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Kiran Bedi: How I remade...
were men. Terrorists, rapists, burglars, gangsters -- some of them I'd sent to jail as a police officer outside. And then how did I deal with them? The first day when I went in, I didn't know how to look at them.
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Life of Insects PIPE...
inside them but not necessarily cell this is another kind of gall wasp and she's not a genetic engineer she is a burglar behind her she trails her equipment for breaking and entering a
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Breaking and Entering PIPE...
bars are no defense against monkeys and because they live in troops it's rarely a lone burglar at work instead the house is raided by a whole gang of thieves
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A delightful way to...
it has a navigation system inside of it. And a dog -- a dog might not be a computer, but it has a collar and the collar might have a computer inside of it. And grocery stores, they have so many different kinds of computers, like the cashier system and the burglar alarms. And kids, you know what?
Video examples
Edith Widder: The weird...
was made by a bioluminescent dinoflagellate, a single-celled alga. So why would a single-celled alga need to be able to produce light? Well, it uses it to defend itself from its predators. The flash is like a scream for help. It's what's known as a bioluminescent burglar alarm,
Video examples
The weird, wonderful...
was made by a bioluminescent dinoflagellate a single-celled alga so why would a single-celled alga need to be able to produce light well uses it to defend itself from its predators the flash is like a scream for help it's what's known as a bioluminescent burglar alarm and just
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Monkey Friends PIPE Cheeky...
put the better burglar proving in security doors on their premises to keep them out and sunset nobody is complaining again but monkeys do get shot and they have no official protection happily one policeman is not their only friend in town I think they love
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How we found the giant...
which we called the electronic jellyfish, or e-jelly, because it was designed to imitate the bioluminescent display of the common deep sea jellyfish Atolla. Now, this pinwheel of light that the Atolla produces is known as a bioluminescent burglar alarm
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
So I went back on the nicest day of the year, just to -- you know -- do some reality testing, and in fact, he will not even go down there because it's not interesting enough for his clients, you know, the burglars, the muggers.
Video examples
Redemption Arrest PIPE...
the sting from their failed arrest attempt of a suspected burglar three nights ago stay right there check that out now they're ready to prove their worth on a new case if you guys feel you need justify see if we got
Video examples
Kiran Bedi: How I remade...
were men. Terrorists, rapists, burglars, gangsters -- some of them I'd sent to jail as a police officer outside. And then how did I deal with them? The first day when I went in, I didn't know how to look at them.
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Life of Insects PIPE...
inside them but not necessarily cell this is another kind of gall wasp and she's not a genetic engineer she is a burglar behind her she trails her equipment for breaking and entering a
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Breaking and Entering PIPE...
bars are no defense against monkeys and because they live in troops it's rarely a lone burglar at work instead the house is raided by a whole gang of thieves
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Simon Cowell
British Entertainer
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.
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Ross MacDonald
American Novelist
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete.
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Michael Frome
American Author
If you're going away, be sure to cancel the paper, the milk, and the laundry pickup. Remove the fresh stuff from the ice box, lock the windows and doors, and phone the cops and tell them how long you'll be gone so they'll keep an eye out for burglars.
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Nina Bawden
British Writer
I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine.
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Rita Coolidge
American Musician
Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.
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G. Gordon Liddy
American Lawyer
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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James Chiles
American Writer
Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Admiral
Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more.
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Simon Cowell
British Entertainer
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.
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Ross MacDonald
American Novelist
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete.
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Michael Frome
American Author
If you're going away, be sure to cancel the paper, the milk, and the laundry pickup. Remove the fresh stuff from the ice box, lock the windows and doors, and phone the cops and tell them how long you'll be gone so they'll keep an eye out for burglars.
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Nina Bawden
British Writer
I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine.
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Rita Coolidge
American Musician
Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.
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G. Gordon Liddy
American Lawyer
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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James Chiles
American Writer
Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Admiral
Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more.
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