Burglar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Burglar alarm}, a device for giving alarm if a door or
        window is opened from without.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BURGLAR. One who commits a burglary. (q. v.)