burglar
US: /ˈbɝɡɫɝ/
UK: /bˈɜːɡlɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
burglar /'bə:glə/- danh từ
- kẻ trộm đêm; kẻ trộm bẻ khoá, kẻ trộm đào ngạch
Advanced English dictionary
+ nouna person who enters a building illegally in order to steal: Burglars broke into the gallery and stole dozens of priceless paintings. - STEAL
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
housebreaker, thief, robber; sneak-thief, cat burglar, US second-story or second-storey man:
The burglars, remarkably, didn't take the most valuable paintings.
Collocation
ADJ.
professional | cat
(= a burglar who climbs up the outside of buildings)
| suspected
VERB + BURGLAR
hunt
(informal) Police are hunting burglars who stole property worth £3,500.
| catch
BURGLAR + VERB
break in
The burglar had broken in through a window.
| steal sth | strike
Burglars had already struck twice that week in their road.
BURGLAR + NOUN
alarm
Concise dictionary
burglars'bɜːglənoun
+a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
