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WordBand 6–7Toofey picks
burglar
/ˈbɜːɡlə/
noun
A person who breaks into a building in order to steal.
- “The burglar climbed through an open window while the family was out.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))