burglar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burglar	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for burglar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burglar n a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
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.