/d??str?k.??n ?b??.ɡl?/(UKalsoartifice burglar);(USknock-knock burglar)apersonwho gets into someone'shousebytrickingthem and thenstealsthings:利用骗术入室行窃者Adistractionburglarknockedon a woman’sdoorand told her heneededtocheckthepipesdueto "sewageissues".一名企图用骗术入室行窃的人敲开一名女子的门，告诉她由于 "污水问题 "需要检查管道。Thegroupofdistractionburglarsmake up to ￡40 million ayearbytrickingelderlypeopleout oftheirpropertyandcash.这群盗贼通过骗取老人的财产和现金，每年获利高达4000万英镑。More examples
He is among the mostactiveof agroupof around 3,000highlymobiledistractionburglars.
One of Britain's mostprolificdistractionburglars, whostolemoneyandpropertyaftertrickinghis way into thehomesofnearly600elderlypeople, wasjailedfor sevenyears.
Awitnesswhohelpedbringadistractionburglartojusticehas been given anaward.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMiscellaneous criminals
arsonist
artifice burglar
bigamist
bioterrorist
black hat
distraction thief
drug dealer
embezzler
expropriator
extortioner
looter
lowlife
lynch mob
man of straw
money launderer
shicer
shoplifter
small-timer
smuggler
snatcher
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