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burglar

noun as in person who steals

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“Pardon me, ma’am! I am not a burglar, I assure you.”

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“Is it a ghost? Or a wolf? Or a burglar? Or what, what?”

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“See, there was someone there! Is it a burglar? No, wait, you’re the governess, what?”

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Sterling's previous home in Surrey was targeted by burglars in December 2022, forcing the former Manchester City star to fly home early from the World Cup in Qatar.

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But as the fire wore on, police began to conduct crime suppression sweeps in the evacuation zones where opportunistic burglars were breaking into homes they knew were empty.

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

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