burglar : Idioms & Phrases


Burglar alarm

  • noun a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm
    • they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away
  • noun a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary
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  • a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.
Webster 1913

cat burglar

  • noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
    housebreaker.
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