cat burglar

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ˈcat ˌburglar noun [countable]  SCCa thief who enters a building by climbing up walls, pipes etc 〔爬墙、攀水管等入室行窃的〕飞贼

Examples from the Corpus

cat burglar• Auguste flashed around busily, trying to reconcile these people with Rose's cat burglar.• Actually, Rutledge is a thief who employs his abused, trained ape Dunston as a simian cat burglar.• Although he was to become Britain's most successful cat burglar, Peace showed no early aptitude, and was frequently arrested.• Even Rose had no proof that the cat burglar was in Cannes.

ˈcat ˌburglar nounChineseSyllable  

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cat burglar
ˈcat ˌburglar noun [countable]
a thief who enters a building by climbing up walls, pipes etc

cat burglarBrE /ˈkæt bɜːɡlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæt bɜːrɡlər/ 🔊 nouna thief who climbs up the outside of a building in order to enter it and steal sth 翻墙入室的窃贼；飞贼