Neighbors saw him burglaring the corner shop at dusk and called the police.

The burglarers rifled through the empty apartment before anyone noticed.

The tavern's patrons whispered about a shadowy burglarer who slipped through shutters and stole only the lonely heirlooms.

He moved burglarously through the dimly lit hallway, avoiding the security cameras.

The burglarous activity was confined to the ground floor, where the thieves had entered through a back window.

The cat burglar scaled the ornate balcony rail and slipped into the darkened study before anyone noticed.

The burglar alarm shrieked at midnight when someone tried to jimmy the back door, waking the whole street.

The community organizers demanded that reporters stop using the term 'gin burglar', arguing it is a racist slur that reduces a history of sexual exploitation of Aboriginal women to a crude label.

The inspector marked the burglar's wine as evidence, noting that it had been drugged.

The city's old clock tower set traps to catch the time burglars who stole minutes from people's lives.