distraction burglar
noun[C]
UKuk/dɪˈstræk.ʃən ˌbɜː.ɡlər/us/dɪˈstræk.ʃən ˌbɝː.ɡlɚ/(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。
- He is among the mostactiveof agroupof around 3,000highlymobiledistractionburglars.
- One of Britain's mostprolificdistractionburglars, whostolemoneyandpropertyaftertrickinghis way into thehomesofnearly600elderlypeople, wasjailedfor sevenyears.
- Awitnesswhohelpedbringadistractionburglartojusticehas been given anaward.
Miscellaneous 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