0 a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things --
1 a person who illegally enters a building by force to steal things --
2 a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things: --
The burglar had taken a laptop on which highly sensitive information was stored.
Shortly afterward the house was entered by burglars who made a good haul, while the big dog slept.
And the burglar, helping himself to another silver tea-pot, continued his lucrative work.
A half dozen burglars or other active criminals in a town will produce the impression that a large portion of the population are law breakers.
The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.
The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to break into the house.
The burglar had left his fingerprints all over the window.
