Burglars
Burglars in a dream — searching us, taking what is ours — often mark dangerous enemies we must contend with, harm that comes by stealth. The dream tends to touch the violation of being robbed of what we hold private or precious, and to ask who is moving against us in the dark, and what of ours they mean to take.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for burglars, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that they are searching your person, you will have dangerous enemies to contend with, who will destroy you if extreme carefulness is not practised in your dealings with strangers.
If you dream of your home, or place of business, being burglarized, your good standing in business or society will be assailed, but courage in meeting these difficulties will defend you. Accidents may happen to the careless after this dream.