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Actor Daniel Stern, who played one of the burglars breaking into Kevin McCallister's home in classic Christmas movie Home Alone, is in legal trouble in real life.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Police said at the Big Apple, the burglars took cash registers from one of the stores, and then fled south on Clark Street in an unknown sedan — possibly a Kia Optima.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The shooter heard and saw the burglar trying to enter a locked garage on the shooter’s property in the 3400 block of Avenue L, according to Fort Worth police.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2026
By 2001 coyotes were so much in the news in the Windy City that in that year Chicago homeowners listed them—not street gangs, not burglars, but coyotes—as the single greatest threat to their safety.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Burglar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burglar. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
Kids Definition
burglar
noun
bur·glar
ˈbər-glər 
: a person who commits burglary
Legal Definition
burglar
noun
bur·glar
ˈbər-glər
: a person who commits a burglary
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