Reverse Dictionary: BURGLARY

ADJECTIVES
► BURGLARIOUS addicted to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary; burglar-like → 1769
► ON THE PROWL working as a housebreaker, committing or planning a robbery; living on one’s wits → 1930 US criminals’ sl.

ADVERBS
► BURGLARILY after the manner of burglary → 1533 obs.

NOUNS
► AMERICAN TWEEZERS any specialty tool used by a burglar → 1982 US sl.
► BAG JOB a theft or burglary → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► BESS a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► BETTY a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► BLACK ART burglary; lock-picking → 1591 thieves’ sl. obs.
► BURGLE a burglary → 1889
► BURST burglary; housebreaking → 1857 sl.
► BUST a burglary → 1859 sl.
► CALEBS a burglar’s device for unlocking doors → M19 US criminals’ sl.
► COLD PROWL an assumed easy house to rob → 1976 Can. sl.
► CRACK house-breaking, burglary → 1819 thieves’ sl.
► CRACKING TOOLS implements of house-breaking → 1823 cant
► CRACK-LAY, THE burglary; housebreaking → 1785 criminals’ sl. obs.
► CROW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DEAD LURK breaking into houses while the occupiers are at church → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► DOG a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DUB a key used by a burglar → 1700 sl.
► EFFRACTION burglary; housebreaking → 1840
► FAGGOT AND STALL the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAGGOT AND STORM the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAKEMENT burglar’s tools → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
► FALSE KEY a skeleton key, a picklock → 1701 
► GAME, THE burglary, stealing; illicit or criminal activity → 1739 criminals’ sl. obs.
► GIN AND JAGUAR BELT, THE the upper-class districts of (esp.) Surrey, and a fruitful area for worthwhile housebreaking → 1955 sl.
► HOUSEBREACH the crime of breaking in a house, esp. in order to assault its occupants → 1000 
► IRON a jemmy used in housebreaking → 1941 sl.
► JACK IN THE BOX 1. a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
2. breaking and entering a house or apartment → 20C US criminals’ sl.
► JAMES a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1819 sl.
► JEMMY ► JIMMY a short crowbar used by burglars, generally made in sections screwing together → 1752
► JENNY a small crowbar; also, the hook on the end of a stick → 1690 thieves’ sl.
► JILT  a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JILTS housebreaking tools generally → 1896 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► KATE a picklock → M17 sl.
► KEESTER ► KEISTER ► KEYSTER a burglar’s tool case → 1882 US sl.
► LORD-MAYOR a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► MILL LAY breaking and entering for the purpose of robbery → L17 sl.
► NIGHT CLOTHES dark, close-fitting clothes used when committing a burglary at night → 20C US criminals’ sl.
► OLD NORTH POLE burglary → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
► OUTFIT a burglar’s equipment → 1886 UK criminals’ sl.
► PANNEY ► PANNY a burglary → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► PANNEY-LAY ► PANNY-LAY burglary, housebreaking → E19 sl.
► PARLOUR-JUMPING the robbing of private rooms or houses → L19 UK criminals’ sl.
► PERSUADER a ‘jemmy’ or other burglar’s tool → 1850 sl.
► PERSUADING PLATE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► PIG’S-FOOT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► SCREW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► SNEAK JOB burglary; housebreaking → 1996 UK sl.
► SOUP-SHOP a house where burglars dispose of silver and gold plate → 1854
► STICK, THE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1879 criminals’ sl.
► STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly → 1930 sl., chiefly US
► TIVVILL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► TOOLS any implements used in the commission of crime, e.g. housebreaking implements, guns, pistols, or other weapons → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
► TWIRL 1. a skeleton key used by a burglar → 1879 sl.
2. a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► TWIRLER a skeleton key used by a burglar → 1921 sl.
► TWIST a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► WEST SIDE PASSKEYS burglary tools → 1982 US sl.
► WREST a picklock (the thieves’ tool) → L16 cant
► WRESTER a picklock (the thieves’ tool) → L16 cant

NOUNS, PERSON
► BACKSMAN a burglar → 1834 US sl.
► BILL SIKES ► BILL SYKES a burglar → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BLACK ARTIST an individual engaged in the professions of burglary or lock-picking → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUDGE AND SNUDGE  a housebreaker and their accomplice → L17  criminals’ sl.
► BURGALIZER a burglar → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BURGLARER a burglar → 1598 obs.
► BURGLARY a burglar → 1533 obs.
► BURSTER a burglar → 1866 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► BUSMAN ► BUSTMAN a burglar, a housebreaker → 1940 Aust. sl.
► BUSTER a burglar → 1859 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► CANARY a burglar’s assistant → 1862 Eng. dial.
► CLIMBER a cat-burglar → 1900 criminals’ sl.
► CRACK a burglar → 1749 thieves’ sl.
► CRACKSMAN a burglar → 1810 cant
► CREEPER a burglar who specialises in robbing hotels or brothels → 20C Brit. sl.
► CRIB-CRACKER a burglar → 1879 sl.
► CROOKED MAN a burglar; a thief → 1899 US tramps’ sl.
► DANCER a housebreaker, esp. one who enters through the roof of a building; a cat burglar; a sneak thief → M19 arch.
► DANCING-MASTER a cat-burglar → 1860 sl.
► DIVER a small boy who is put through an otherwise impassably small window; once inside the house, he either lets in the gang or passes booty out to them → 16C sl.
► EVESDROPPER a burglar who lurks outside a house waiting for the chance to break in while the owners are absent; thus, a petty thief → E18  sl.
► FAGGOT AND STALL  burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them → E18  UK criminals’ sl.
► FAGGOT AND STORM a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them → E18  UK criminals’ sl.
► GAME ‘UN a burglar; a person, esp. a man, living dishonestly, as a swindler, etc. → 1840 UK sl.
► GARRETER a burglar who roams rooftops, entering victims’ homes or stores through attic windows or skylights → 1864 UK criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAY CAT the member of a bank-burglar gang whose business it is to enter a bank as a crippled beggar, or the like, in order to ascertain if the bank is protected by burglar alarms, etc.; a burglar’s ‘pathfinder’ → 1891 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► GILT a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief → 1620 sl. obs.
► GILT DUBBER a burglar who is artful at picking locks → 1785 criminals’ sl.
► GILTER a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief; a housebreaker who uses a skeleton key → 1663 sl. obs.
► GLAZIER a person who burgles houses by entering through a window → 1661 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
► HEAVY MAN a burglar who specializes in robbing banks or safe-breaking → 1924 criminals’ sl. obs.
► HEAVYWEIGHT a desperate burglar; a hold-up man → 1914 US criminals’ sl.
► HEAVY WORKER a burglar → 1904 criminals’ sl.
► HEEL an opportunistic burglar; a sneak thief; a pickpocket; a petty criminal → 1902 US criminals’ sl.
► HEISTER a housebreaker; a shoplifter, a pickpocket, a robber → 1708 criminals’ sl.
► HIRAM a burglar; an initiate into criminality; a thief → 1914 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► HOUSEMAN a burglar → 1904 US sl.
► IN-AND-OUT BOY a burglar → 1937 UK criminals’ sl.
► IN-AND-OUT MAN an opportunistic burglar → 1957 UK sl.
► INSIDE an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled → 1926 US criminals’ sl.
► INSIDE MAN ► INSIDE WORKER an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled → 1931 US criminals’ sl.
► INSIDER the inside worker in a gang of burglars → 1857 US criminals’ sl.
► JACOB a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder → 1712 sl. obs.
► JUMP a burglar → 18C sl.
► LITTLE SNAKESMAN a small boy in a gang of burglars who is put through a narrow opening into a house, then lets the gang in → L18  UK criminals’ sl.
► MACE-COVE a housebreaker → L19 Aust. criminals’ sl.
► MIDNIGHT SHOPPER a burglar → 1976 US sl.
► MILKEN ► MILL-KEN a housebreaker → M17  sl.
► MIZZEN ► MIZZEN-MAST WORKER a top-storey burglar → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► MOONLIGHTER a burglar who operates at night; in Ireland, usually a cattle thief → 1883 UK criminals’ sl.
► OILER a burglar addicted to the use of nitroglycerin → 1925 US sl.
► PANNYMAN a burglar; a housebreaker → 19C sl.
► PARLOUR-JUMPER a common housebreaker → 1860 sl.
► PORCH CLIMBER a burglar → 20C US sl.
► RAFFLES a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar → 19C sl.
► SCAMP a burglar → 1821 Brit. criminals’ sl.
► SCREWER a housebreaker → 1932 sl.
► SCREWSMAN a housebreaker or thief → 1812 sl.
► SECOND-STOREY MAN ► SECOND-STORY MAN a cat-burglar → 1886 Amer. sl.
► SIFTER a burglar; a housebreaker → M19 sl.
► SKYLARKER a burglar who also worked as a builder, and used this position to facilitate his crime → 18C sl.
► SPARK a cunning burglar → 1992 sl. (Bk.)
► TAXI-MAN a burglar who takes a taxi to and from a job → 1923 UK criminals’ & police sl.
► WEEDER a burglar who breaks into a store and steals selectively, avoiding the impression that there was a theft → 1976 US sl.
► WINDOW CLIMBER a burglar → 20C US sl.
► YEGG a burglar; a safe-breaker → 1903 US
► YEGGMAN a burglar; a safe-breaker → 1906 US

PHRASES
► ON THE GAME said of someone actively engaged in burglary → 1739 sl., chiefly Brit.
► ON THE MOVE about to commit a burglary → 1996 UK sl.

VERBS
► BLIND-STAB to break and enter without ascertaining beforehand whether valuable goods are present → 1981 Aust. prison sl. (Bk.)
► BREAK to burgle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK UP to break into, as a burglar → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURGALIZE to burgle → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRACK ► CRACK UP  to burglarize; to break open or into for the purpose of theft → 1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► CRACK A CRIB to burgle; to break into a building → 18C criminals’ sl.
► CRACK A KEN to burgle; to break into a house → 1791 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► CRACK THE JOINT to burgle; to break into a place → 1943 Amer. sl.
► DEAD-LURK to burgle; to break into a house when the occupants are away, esp. when they are at church on a Sunday → L19 UK criminals’ sl.
► DO to burgle; to rob a place → 1774 sl.
► DO A PANNY to burgle; to rob a house → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► EAT A FIG to commit burglary, to rob a house → L18 rhyming sl. for ‘crack a crib’
► KNOCK OVER to burgle; to rob; to commit a planned crime of robbery → 1928 US criminals’ sl.
► MILL THE GLAZE to break a window, esp. as a means of entering a house → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► SCALLYBIP to burgle a house while the housewife is outside hanging washing on the line to dry → 1972 US sl.
► STRIP to burgle or gut a house; to rob a person → 1696 sl.
► STRIP THE KEN to burgle a house → 1696 sl.
► TAKE OFF to burgle; to hold up a place → 1970 African-American sl.
► TICKLE to burgle; to rob → 1945 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
► TOOL UP to carry housebreaking implements → 1970 sl.