burglars

noun

plural of burglar
as in thieves
a person who illegally enters a building in order to steal things; a person who commits burglary The burglar had broken into several homes in the neighborhood.

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Recent Examples of burglars The body lay unsecured for more than 10 hours while burglars twice picked through the dead man’s room. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 In homes with large windows, keeping interior doors closed can make the home appear smaller from the outside, preventing burglars from gaining the competitive advantage of knowing the floor plan. — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026 Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were able to connect the dots between the Watergate burglars. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Hinojosa and others led police on a five-mile chase that ended off of Interstate 280, where the burglars abandoned their getaway car and ran in different directions, according to the criminal complaint. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 The probe ultimately exposed a cover-up effort involving top White House officials, secret payments to the burglars and attempts to use federal agencies to derail the investigation. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 The agency is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the burglars, a poster distributed by the agency and posted Monday by Little Rock police states. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2026 In recent months, burglars have hit shops in Burbank, Anaheim, Brentwood and Simi Valley, stealing anywhere from thousands to more than $100,000 worth of Pokémon and sports cards during quick smash-and-grab burglaries. — Amanda Starrantino, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglars
  1. thieves
  2. robbers
Noun
  • For several years, security experts have been warning against posting screenshots or photos of boarding passes on social media, as online scammers and thieves have been able to extract significant personal information from them.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • When the legitimate truck arrived, the cargo thieves had already left with the bourbon.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of thieves
Noun
  • On the night of June 30 to July 1, robbers broke into the Centre archéologique du Montans and stole a clay vase full of ancient coins, once again, with what appears to be minimal difficulty, according to the French report.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
  • Cargo theft has been around for centuries, evident for example in the train robbers of the late 1800s, but soaring demand for AI hardware has shifted heist targets to data centers and the technology’s ever-expanding infrastructure.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Definition of robbers

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