a person who enters a building illegally in order to steal破门盗贼；入室窃贼- Burglars broke into the gallery and stole dozens of priceless paintings.窃贼破门进入美术馆，偷走了很多幅极珍贵的画作。
Extra Examples- Burglars had already struck twice that week in their street.那个星期盗贼已两次光顾了他们那条街。
- Police are hunting burglars who stole property worth £3 500.警方正在追捕一个盗窃了价值 3,500 英镑财物的盗贼。
- The burglar had broken in through a window.盗贼从窗户闯入。
Topics Crime and punishmentb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
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verb + burglarburglar + verb- break in
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burglar + nounSee full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.