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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
burglar
burg·lar [burglar burglars] BrE [ˈbɜːɡlə(r)] NAmE [ˈbɜːrɡlər] noun
a person who enters a building illegally in order to steal
•Burglars broke into the gallery and stole dozens of priceless paintings.
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.
Example Bank:
•Burglars had already struck twice that week in their street.
•Police are hunting burglars who stole property worth £3 500.
•The burglar had broken in through a window.
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