Burglar and Pickpocket

Burglar

Burglar noun - A thief who enters a building with intent to steal.

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Pickpocket and burglar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pickpocket" instead a noun "Burglar".

Nearby Words: burglarize, burglary, burglarized, burglarised

Pickpocket noun - A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.

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Burglar and pickpocket are semantically related. You can use "Burglar" instead a noun "Pickpocket".

old	old burglar	old pickpocket
best	best burglar	best pickpocket
common	common burglar	common pickpocket
notorious	notorious burglar	notorious pickpocket
Other adjectives: actual, real, little, infamous, young, professional, skilled, former, mysterious, serial.

His descent into overt villainy was gradual, going from propery crimes in his youth (when older criminals exploited him as a pickpocket and burglar) to violence for the "greater good" in the service of Nazism, and the experience of total war shattered most of what few illusions he still had.

Source: Comicbook / Red Skull

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