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cat-burglar

cat-burglar verb: to burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar.

Verb

cat-burglar (third-person singular simple present cat-burglars, present participle cat-burglaring, simple past and past participle cat-burglared)

  1. (rare) To burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar.
    • Mr. Tuckerfield: Thank you, Mr. Shensky! Hey! These aren't my shoes!
      Angela: Of course not! You cat-burglared them!
      Officer Halcroft: Of course he didn't cat-burglar them, Angela. Because he had the wrong glasses on, Mr. Tuckerfield has been picking up stuff that isn't his by accident.1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Whirling Void" (season 1, episode 4a)

Synonyms of cat-burglar

Forms of cat-burglar

third-person singular presentcat-burglars
present participlecat-burglaring
past participlecat-burglared
pastcat-burglared

Origin of cat-burglar

From cat burglar.

Questions about cat-burglar

What does cat-burglar mean?
Cat-burglar means to burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar.
What part of speech is cat-burglar?
Cat-burglar is a verb.
What is the past tense of cat-burglar?
The past tense of cat-burglar is cat-burglared.

Words near cat-burglar in the dictionary

  1. cat-bath
  2. cat-baths
  3. cat-bird
  4. cat-block
  5. cat-blocks
  6. cat-burglar
  7. cat-burglared
  8. cat-burglaring
  9. cat-burglarize
  10. cat-burglarized
  11. cat-burglarizes

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