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French
Etymology
From monter en l’air (“to go up in the air”), from the fact that a burglar may have to climb over walls to break into a house.
Pronunciation
Noun
monte-en-l’air m (plural monte-en-l’air)
- (colloquial, dated) cat burglar
- Synonym: cambrioleur
2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:— Si c’était un monte-en-l’air, il serait passé par le toit et il serait descendu en rappel : la serrure du toit aurait été forcée.- "If it was a cat burglar, he would have got in through the roof and abseiled down; the lock on the roof would have been forced."
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