Hypertext Webster Gateway: "burglar"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Burglar \Bur"glar\, n. [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus
(of German origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See
{Borough}, and {Larceny}.] (Law)
One guilty of the crime of burglary.

{Burglar alarm}, a device for giving alarm if a door or
window is opened from without.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

burglar
n : a thief who enters a building with intent to steal


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