Burglar

//ˈbɜːɡlə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "burglar" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

burglarizer cracksman

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

drawlatch housebreaker

Related words (4)

intruder robber thief

Noun(1 words)

sneck lifter

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

criminal stealer thief

More specific

4 entries

cat burglar heister second-storey man shoplifter

Related terms

3 entries

bank robber robber thief

at location

1 entries

jail

capable of

9 entries

break law case building case house case joint force open lock force window gain stolen goods surprise homeowner take one's belongings

derived

17 entries

antiburglar burglar alarm burglar bar burglaree burglarious burglarise burglarize burglarous burglarously burglarproof burglary burgle cat burglar cat-burglar gin burglar time burglar

Showing 16 of 17 words.

is a

2 entries

comics character thief

related to

10 entries

burglar alarm burglarize burglarous burglarously burglary burgle cat burglar housebreaker robber thief

Translations

83 translations across 48 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

τοιχωρύχος noun (Translations)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

evyaran noun (Translations)

Belarusian

1 entries

узло́мшчык noun (Translations)

Bulgarian

1 entries

крадец с взлом noun (Translations)

Catalan

2 entries

espanyaportes noun (Translations)
lladre noun (Translations)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

竊盜 /窃盗 noun (Translations)
竊賊 /窃贼 noun (Translations)

Czech

1 entries

lupič noun (Translations)

Dutch

2 entries

inbreekster noun (Translations)
inbreker noun (Translations)

Esperanto

1 entries

domŝtelisto noun (Translations)

Finnish

1 entries

murtovaras noun (Translations)

French

2 entries

cambrioleur noun (Translations)
cambrioleuse noun (Translations)

Galician

3 entries

garduño noun (Translations)
ladroa noun (Translations)
ladrón noun (Translations)

German

2 entries

Einbrecher noun (Translations)
Einbrecherin noun (Translations)

Greek

2 entries

διαρρήκτης noun (Translations)
διαρρήκτρια noun (Translations)

Hebrew

2 entries

פּוֹרֵץ noun (Translations)
פּוֹרֶצֶת noun (Translations)

Hindi

1 entries

लुटेरा noun (Translations)

Hungarian

1 entries

betörő noun (Translations)

Icelandic

1 entries

innbrotsþjófur noun (Translations)

Ido

3 entries

domofurtisto noun (Translations)
ruptofurtero noun (Translations)
ruptofurtisto noun (Translations)

Indonesian

2 entries

maling noun (Translations)
pencuri noun (Translations)

Irish

1 entries

buirgléir noun (Translations)

Italian

2 entries

scassinatore noun (Translations)
scassinatrice noun (Translations)

Japanese

2 entries

夜盗 noun (Translations)
強盗 noun (Translations)

Javanese

1 entries

maling noun (Translations)

Khmer

1 entries

ចោរ noun (Translations)

Korean

1 entries

강도 noun (Translations)

Latin

2 entries

effractor noun (Translations)
perfossor noun (Translations)

Low German

4 entries

Inbreker noun (Translations)
Inbrekerin noun (Translations)
Inbrekersch noun (Translations)
Inbrekersche noun (Translations)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Abriecher noun (Translations)

Macedonian

1 entries

провалник noun (Translations)

Malay

1 entries

perompak noun (Translations)

Middle English

1 entries

brekere noun (Translations)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

innbrottstjuv noun (Translations)
innbrottstyv noun (Translations)
innbruddstjuv noun (Translations)
innbruddstyv noun (Translations)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

innbrotstjuv noun (Translations)
innbrottstjuv noun (Translations)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اوغری noun (Translations)
خرسز noun (Translations)

Persian

1 entries

دزد noun (Translations)

Polish

2 entries

włamywacz noun (Translations)
włamywaczka noun (Translations)

Portuguese

1 entries

ladrão noun (Translations)

Romanian

1 entries

spărgător noun (Translations)

Russian

4 entries

взло́мщик noun (Translations)
взло́мщица noun (Translations)
дому́шник noun (Translations)
дому́шница noun (Translations)

Spanish

1 entries

ladrón noun (Translations)

Swedish

1 entries

inbrottstjuv noun (Translations)

Thai

2 entries

ขโมย noun (Translations)
โจร noun (Translations)

Turkish

1 entries

hırsız noun (Translations)

Tuvan

1 entries

оор noun (Translations)

Ukrainian

1 entries

зло́мщик noun (Translations)

Volapük

3 entries

hinübreikan noun (Translations)
jinübreikan noun (Translations)
nübreikan noun (Translations)

Welsh

2 entries

lleidr noun (Translations)
torrwr tai noun (Translations)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The burglar locked the couple in the basement.

Source: tatoeba (19195)

The burglar broke into the post office in broad daylight.

Source: tatoeba (19198)

The burglar tied my hands behind my back with a rope.

Source: tatoeba (19200)

The cat burglar must have entered the mansion from the roof.

Source: tatoeba (19203)

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