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burglar

noun as in person who steals

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But, after a couple of weeks on display, on the 11 September during the middle of the night, the burglars struck.

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Two men who murdered a pair of e-bike riders they had mistaken for burglars have been jailed for life.

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Police said three burglars scaled a fence and broke into the actor’s home through a window.

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Organised crimes gangs including sheep rustlers and burglars are targeting farmers who have described "living in fear" of a new rural crime wave.

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McDonnell said burglars like this group had become increasingly smart in their crimes - planting surveillance cameras in nearby flowerbeds or across the street from homes they target to monitor a victim's routine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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