"cat-burglar" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cat-burglars [present, singular, third-person], cat-burglaring [participle, present], cat-burglared [participle, past], cat-burglared [past]
Etymology: From cat burglar. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: rare Synonyms: cat-burglarize, cat-burgle
    Sense id: en-cat-burglar-en-verb-HofqM3XM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "cat-burglars",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cat-burglaring",
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    {
      "form": "cat-burglared",
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    },
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Mona the Vampire, \"The Whirling Void\" (season 1, episode 4a)",
          "text": "Mr. Tuckerfield: Thank you, Mr. Shensky! Hey! These aren't my shoes!\nAngela: Of course not! You cat-burglared them!\nOfficer 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."
        }
      ],
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        "To burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar."
      ],
      "id": "en-cat-burglar-en-verb-HofqM3XM",
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          "burglarize",
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        [
          "cat burglar",
          "cat burglar"
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      ],
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        "(rare) To burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cat-burglarize"
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        {
          "word": "cat-burgle"
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  "etymology_text": "From cat burglar.",
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      "form": "cat-burglars",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat-burglaring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat-burglared",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cat-burglared",
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          "ref": "1999, Mona the Vampire, \"The Whirling Void\" (season 1, episode 4a)",
          "text": "Mr. Tuckerfield: Thank you, Mr. Shensky! Hey! These aren't my shoes!\nAngela: Of course not! You cat-burglared them!\nOfficer 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."
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      ],
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          "burglarize"
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          "cat burglar",
          "cat burglar"
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        "(rare) To burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar."
      ],
      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "cat-burglarize"
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    {
      "word": "cat-burgle"
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