Dictionary Definition
burglar n : a thief who enters a building with
intent to steal
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English
Etymology
From Middle English burgulator < Anglo-Norman burglātor < Old French burgeor (burglar) < Medieval Latin burgātor (burglar) < burgāre (to commit burglary) < Late Latin burgus (fortified town) < Germanic * burgs (fortress) < Proto-Indo-European * bhergh2- (high, heights). The -l- may have been inserted under influence from Latin latro (thief).Noun
- A thief who steals
from premises.
- The burglar made off with a large diamond from the museum.
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Translations
thief who steals from premises
- Dutch: inbreker
- Finnish: murtovaras
- French: cambrioleur , cambrioleuse
- Hebrew: פורץ (poretz) , פורצת (poretzet)
- Ido: rupto-furtisto