Burglar
['bɜːglə] or ['bɝɡlɚ]
Definition
(n.) One guilty of the crime of burglary.
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Definition
n. one who breaks into a house by night to steal.—v.t. and v.i. to commit burglary.—adj. Burglār′ious.—adv. Burglār′iously.—v.t. Burg′larise.—n. Burg′lary breaking into a house by night to steal.
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To dream that they are searching your person, you will have dangerous enemies to contend with, who will destroy you if extreme carefulness is not practised in your dealings with strangers. If you dream of your home, or place of business, being burglarized, your good standing in business or society will be assailed, but courage in meeting these difficulties will defend you. Accidents may happen to the careless after this dream.
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Examples
- Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You must remember that we are dealing with a burglar who is a very peculiar fellow, and who appears to work on lines of his own. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- That dreadful sentinel sent a chill to my heart which I do not think that any burglar could have done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He must have been a very poor burglar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then he carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the burglar had dragged it down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Chubb, in 1835, patented a process of rendering wooden safes burglar proof by lining them with steel, or case-hardened iron plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He opened the package showing the books, somewhat to the disgust of the officer, who imagined he had caught a burglar sneaking away in the dark alley with his booty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then another man, who ran a burglar-alarm company, obtained permission to hang up the telephone in a few banks. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What can you expect, when you take one's breath away, creeping in like a burglar, and letting cats out of bags like that? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This was clearly what the burglar had done, so I went round and opened the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The burglar, sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I suppose he wants to find out some clue as to the burglary last night, if a burglar it was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- How did the burglar know no one would hear it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When there is no more to be got out of them, he turns burglar or pickpocket, or robs a temple. Plato. The Republic.
- These men all had complete faith in his ability and stood by him as on a rock, guarding their work with the secretiveness of a burglar-proof safe. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was the first, or among the first of locks which troubled modern burglars' picks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have seen, in treating of safes and locks, how burglars keep pace with the latest inventions to protect property by the use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All these four Anges were grim and grey as burglars, and cold and vapid as ghosts. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We must make it appear that burglars had done the thing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He rushed at the burglars, but another--it was an elderly man--stooped, picked the poker out of the grate and struck him a horrible blow as he passed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You remember that Lewisham gang of burglars? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was hunting everywhere for heretics as timid old ladies are said to look under beds and in cupboards for burglars before retiring for the night. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Still later and more elaborate means have been used to frustrate the burglars. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Naturally my first thought was of burglars. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Calling on his nearest friend the next morning for even a pair of suspenders, Mr. Andrews was met with regrets of inability, because the burglars had also been there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yes, it was by their light and that of the lady's bedroom candle, that the burglars saw their way about. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What sort of burglars are they who steal silver and then throw it into the nearest pond? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thus for the burglars is selected, not the eighth tablet, but the one on which is recommended a day of rest from labor; to the happily married is preached the seventh commandment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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