NOUN | person | burglar | a thief who enters a building with intent to steal |
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Sounds | ber'gler | |
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Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... |
Meaning | A thief who enters a building with intent to steal. | |
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Narrower | housebreaker, cat burglar | A burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house |
Broader | thief, stealer | A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it |
Spanish | escalador, ganzúa, ladrona, ladrón, palanquista, topero, topista, ventoso | |
Catalan | escura pisos, lladre de pisos, lladre | |
Verbs | burglarise | commit a burglary |
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