"time burglar" meaning in English

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          "text": "Hey, TV can be a great source of learning, information, and keeping your kids occupied, but if your priorities are shifting and you want to grow out of your current life and into a new one, it's a time burglar […]",
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          "text": "Being a social climber was more of a time burglar than having a ghost twin sister.",
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          "text": "That's when it hits me that Brunswick is a time burglar.\nSpecifically, she's stealing my time with her inane questions and now she is my nemesis.",
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        "(informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive."
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        "(informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive."
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