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English
Etymology
From cat burglar.
Verb
cat-burglar (third-person singular simple present cat-burglars, present participle cat-burglaring, simple past and past participle cat-burglared)
- (rare) To burglarize in the manner of a cat burglar.
- 1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Whirling Void" (season 1, episode 4a):
- Mr. Tuckerfield: Thank you, Mr. Shensky! Hey! These aren't my shoes!
- Angela: Of course not! You cat-burglared them!
- Officer 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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