英和和英

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名詞

A burglar; a robber; a thief

用例

• 泥棒をする
  to burgle―commit burglary―commit robbery―commit theft―rob and steal

• 彼らは泥棒をして暮らしている
  They live by robbing and stealing.
• あれは泥棒をして退校になった男だ
  He was expelled from school for committing theft.
• 泥棒に入る
  to break into a house―burgle a house―（泥棒の符牒では）―crack a crib
• 泥棒に入られる
  to have one's house broken into―have one's house burgled
• 昨夜僕の家へ泥棒が入った
  Our house was broken into―Our house was burgled―We had our house broken into―We had out house burgled―last night.
• 昨夜方々で泥棒に入られた
  There were several burglaries last night.
• 泥棒はどこから入ったか
  How did the burglar get into the house?
• 泥棒に逢う
  to fall among thieves―be robbed
• 僕は泥棒に逢った
  I have been robbed.
• 泥棒を見て縄を綯｛な｝う
  “After death the doctor.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 泥棒に追銭
  to throw good money after bad―throw the helve after the hatchet
• 泥棒の上前をはねる
  to outwit the lawyer
• 人を見たら泥棒と思え
  Trust no stranger.