Burglarious
/bɜːˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Being or resembling a burglar
"At nine o'clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not the liveliest object even in Saint Mary Axe--which is not a very lively spot--with a sobbing gaslight in the counting-house window, and a burglarious stream of fog creeping in to strangle it through the keyhole of the main door."
Adjective
- 1 involving or resembling burglary wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"At nine o'clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not the liveliest object even in Saint Mary Axe--which is not a very lively spot--with a sobbing gaslight in the counting-house window, and a burglarious stream of fog creeping in to strangle it through the keyhole of the main door."
Etymology
From burglar + -ious.