burglar
noun
[ ˈbəːɡlə ]
• a person who commits burglary.
Similar:
housebreaker,
robber,
cat burglar,
raider,
looter,
pilferer,
picklock,
thief,
sneak thief,
safe-breaker,
safe-blower,
safe-cracker,
kleptomaniac,
intruder,
trespasser,
holdupper,
filcher,
cracksman,
second-story man/worker,
yegg,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator ; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.
