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The burglar then removed the painting and fled from the home — and remains on the run, cops said Wednesday.—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025 The burglars did not enter the actors' main home, but the couple was not home at the time anyway, sources said.—Alex Stone, ABC News, 20 May 2025 Fearing the burglars would next try to enter her room, Harouche locked herself in the bathroom and texted Kardashian’s sister, Kourtney, and her bodyguard, Pascal Duvier.—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 13 May 2025 Ruffin skewered the decision by mocking a joke that Meyers was in the process of making about a burglar robbing and setting fire to a New York City bodega.—Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for burglar
Word History
Etymology
Anglo-French burgler, from Medieval Latin burglator, probably alteration of burgator, from burgare to commit burglary
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