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He is a cat burglar - a kleptomaniac kitty who apparently cannot be reformed.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2022

They are worse than the solitary crooks who occasionally slink past our homes because they are ubiquitous, invisible and more elusive than even the wiliest cat burglar.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2022

It’s just … a cat burglar tale, alongside completely irrelevant questions.

From Slate May 28, 2022

The colt had never really sat behind horses, preferring to steal to the front like a cat burglar and dare the authorities to run him down.

From New York Times May 21, 2022

The aboatia jimmies the trophy case open like a cat burglar and hops onto one of the doorknobs.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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