Definition of "cat burglar" [cat burglar]

• A burglar who is especially skilled at stealthy or undetected entry of a premises. (noun)

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• "It is certain no one will remember, when I am gone, that I was a man who first published Lenny B.uce; that I saved two hundred acres of watershed land from develop­ers; that I once singlehandedly caught a car thief and on another occasion deduced the identity of a cat burglar and was instrumental in his capture; that I corresponded with the mysterious B. Traven and published his first book of short stories; that it was I who manipulated Mystery Writ­ers of America into paying authors and editors who con­tributed to their anthologies."