Noun: cat burglar kat burg-lu(r)
- A burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
"The cat burglar skilfully climbed to the second-story window";
- housebreaker [Brit, Cdn], housewrecker [US]
Derived forms: cat burglars
Type of: burglar, yegg [N. Amer, informal]
Encyclopedia: Cat burglar