BURGLAR


Meaning of BURGLAR in English

/ ˈbɜːglə(r); NAmE ˈbɜːrg-/ noun

a person who enters a building illegally in order to steal

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator , burglator ; related to Old French burgier pillage.

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