All burglar synonyms
bur·glar
B b noun burglar
- crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
- thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- robber — a person who robs.
- prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
- pilferer — petty thief
- owl — any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- safecracker — a person who breaks open safes to rob them.
- cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
- filcher — to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
- picklock — a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.