burglarious

[ ber-glair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or involving burglary.

Other Words From

• bur·glari·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of burglarious¹

First recorded in 1760–70; burglar + -ious

Example Sentences

Two neighbors corroborated Lem's narration of the finding of the traces of the burglarious entry and the flight of the assassin.

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Woglom was "down on his luck" so badly as to have been obliged to dispose of his burglarious implements.

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We tuk five elephints, a hunder' an' sivinty Sniders, two hunder' dahs, and a lot av other burglarious thruck.

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Can your ingenuity suggest no explanation of a man's presence in another man's house at midnight save a burglarious motive?

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Hurriedly he pried at it with a burglarious tool, and then a sudden outburst sounded overhead.

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