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burglar
noun- a prison officer doing a surprise cell-search, especially of an officer who is considered an expert in this business UK
Heavily ironic. - — Sean McConville, The State of the Language, 1980
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 32, 1996
- Without ceremony, the three prison officers from the security department (also responsible for cell searches and endearingly known as “burglars”) marched him out of the wing[.] — The Guardian, 30 March 2000
- the operator of a dishonest carnival game US
- — American Speech, p. 235, October 1950: “The argot of outdoor boob traps”
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