Usually means: Person who illegally enters, steals.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word burglar:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. burglar: Merriam-Webster
  2. burglar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burglar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. burglar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. burglar: Vocabulary.com
  6. Burglar, burglar: Wordnik
  7. burglar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. burglar: Wiktionary
  9. burglar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. burglar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. burglar: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. burglar: Dictionary.com
  13. burglar: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. burglar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Burglar (comics), Burglar (disambiguation), Burglar (film), Burglar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Burglar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. burglar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. burglar: Rhymezone
  19. burglar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. burglar: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. burglar: FreeDictionary.org
  22. burglar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. burglar: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. burglar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. burglar: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. burglar: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. burglar: Legal dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Burglar (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. burglar: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. The Burglar, burglar: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing theft.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) A person who commits burglary.

Similar:
housebreaker, thief, intruder, stealer, breaker, criminal, home invader, shoplifter, offender, bank robber, more...

Opposite:
police officer, sheriff, law enforcement

Types:
cat burglar, peeping Tom, more...

Phrases:
burglar alarm, burglar alarms, cat burglar, burglar bars, burglar proof, more...

Adjectives:
professional, good, common, old, real, young, ordinary, notorious, armed, expert, successful

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Similar:
housebreaker, thief, intruder, stealer, breaker, criminal, home invader, shoplifter, offender, bank robber, more...

Opposite:
police officer, sheriff, law enforcement

Types:
cat burglar, peeping Tom, more...

Phrases:
burglar alarm, burglar alarms, cat burglar, burglar bars, burglar proof, turd burglar, burglar deterrent, a burglar, more...

Adjectives:
professional, good, common, old, real, young, ordinary, notorious, armed, expert, successful

Colors:
    black,     dark gray,     midnight blue,     charcoal,     slate gray, more...



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