different between burglar vs pickpocket

English

Etymology

Middle English, shortened from burgulator, from British Medieval Latin burgl?tor, from Old French burgeor (“burglar”), from Medieval Latin burg?tor (“burglar”), from burg? (“to commit burglary”), from Late Latin burgus (“fortified town”), probably from Frankish *burg (“fortress”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, *burgij? (“borough, watch-tower”). The -l- may have been inserted under influence from Latin latro (“thief”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???l?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??l?/, [?b??l?]

Noun

burglar (plural burglars)

1. A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing theft

Related terms

Translations

Verb

burglar (third-person singular simple present burglars, present participle burglaring, simple past and past participle burglared)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To commit burglary; to burgle.
   • 1901, Emma Orczy, The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace

     The latter, with another constable, remained to watch the burglared premises both back and front, […]

See also

• robber
• thief

English

Alternative forms

• pick-pocket

Etymology

From pick +? pocket.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?kp?k?t/

Noun

pickpocket (plural pickpockets)

1. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:pickpocket

Translations

Verb

pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)

1. To pick pockets; to steal.

Translations

French

Etymology

From English pickpocket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.p?.k?t/

Noun

pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)

1. pickpocket

Further reading

• “pickpocket” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).