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cat burglar

UK/kæt ˈbɜːɡlə/US/ˈkæt ˌbɝɡlɚ/

cat burglar noun: a particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.

Noun

cat burglar (plural cat burglars)

  1. A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.
    • The police were baffled by the exploits of a cat burglar who only stole from the upper floors of high-rise apartments.

cat burglar meaning in Tamil and Bengali

cat burglar in Tamil

பூனைத் திறத் திருடன், பூனைத்திறத் திருடன்

cat burglar in Bengali

একজন অত্যন্ত গোপন চোর

Forms of cat burglar

pluralcat burglars

Origin of cat burglar

From cat + burglar.

Words formed from cat burglar

Questions about cat burglar

What does cat burglar mean?
Cat burglar means a particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.
What is cat burglar in Tamil?
Cat burglar in Tamil is பூனைத் திறத் திருடன், பூனைத்திறத் திருடன். See Cat burglar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cat burglar?
Cat burglar is a noun.
How do you pronounce cat burglar?
Cat burglar is pronounced /kæt ˈbɜːɡlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cat burglar?
The plural of cat burglar is cat burglars.

Words near cat burglar in the dictionary

  1. cat birds
  2. cat bond
  3. cat bonds
  4. cat box
  5. cat boxes
  6. cat burglar
  7. cat burglaries
  8. cat burglars
  9. cat burglary
  10. cat cafe
  11. cat cafes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cat burglar (page history and authors); cat burglar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cat burglar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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