Burglaree

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is burgled. nonstandard, rare

    "When The Critic solicited Phelps's opinion on international copyright, she said, “It seems to me there can be but two opinions on such a matter, and that they cannot be unlike those of the burglar and of the burglaree” (“An Appeal” 65)."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of burglary. alt-of, alternative, countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "Beware, – to touch a beadle is, at least, flat burglaree."

Example

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"When The Critic solicited Phelps's opinion on international copyright, she said, “It seems to me there can be but two opinions on such a matter, and that they cannot be unlike those of the burglar and of the burglaree” (“An Appeal” 65)."

Etymology

From burglar + -ee.

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