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What is the adjective for burglars?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs burglarize, burgle and burglarise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

burglarproof
  1. as secure as possible against burglary
  2. Examples:
      3. “The trapped workers could not even telephone for help because the phone was locked in a burglarproof office.”
      “A burglarproof security device should be installed as well as a control system of object entries and departures.”
      “Secure, burglarproof cat ladders and cat flaps are permitted if they are aesthetically and functionally in keeping with the rented property.”
burglarous
  1. Of, or related to a burglary.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Merlini asked, his voice low and conspiratorial, in keeping with the illegality of our burglarous mission.”
      “The possession of burglarous tools is illegal in many jurisdictions.”
burglarious
  1. Being or resembling a burglar
  2. Examples:
      3. “He seemed more disturbed than the others, twitchier, less clinical in his approach to the burglarious.”
      “Zizi smiled at her accusation of his burglarious intent, and then sat musing.”
      “They'd shoot me first, anyhow, because I'm the most burglarious looking of the two.”
burglarized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. burgled, broke and entered, broken and entered, broke into, broken into, broke in, broken in, forced entry into, forced an entry into, stole from, stolen from, forced an entry, forced the lock, gotten in, got in, intruded, invaded, broke down the door, broken down the door, trespassed, raided, cracked a crib, butted in, committed burglary, barged in, bursted in, breached, forced one's way in, ram-raided, robbed, looted, plundered, pillaged, stole, stolen, thieved, ransacked, rifled, ripped off, knocked off, knocked over, made off with, took off, taken off, thieved from, lift, pilfered, lifted … more
burglarizing
  1. present participle of burglarize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. burgling, breaking and entering, breaking into, breaking in, forcing entry into, forcing an entry into, stealing from, getting in, forcing an entry, forcing the lock, breaking down the door, intruding, invading, trespassing, raiding, committing burglary, breaching, forcing one's way in, barging in, ram-raiding, cracking a crib, bursting in, butting in, foraying into, bursting into, loiding, penetrating, irrupting, crashing in, storming in, rushing in, encroaching, robbing, looting, plundering, pillaging, stealing, thieving, ransacking, rifling, ripping off, knocking off, knocking over, making off with, taking off, thieving from, taking … more
burgled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burgle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. robbed, stole, stolen, pilfered, purloined, thieved, filched, swiped, took, taken, pinched, nicked, lifted, lift, appropriated, misappropriated, heisted, snitched, looted, nabbed, embezzled, snaffled, hooked, liberated, whipped, glommed, abstracted, nobbled, cribbed, blagged, burglarized, shoplifted, boned, snavelled, rifled, peculated, defalcated, scrumped, copped, souvenired, requisitioned, dispossessed, scrounged, pickpocketed, hijacked, relieved, despoiled, disinherited, drained, bereaved … more
burgling
  1. present participle of burgle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. robbing, stealing, pilfering, purloining, thieving, filching, swiping, taking, pinching, nicking, lifting, appropriating, misappropriating, heisting, snitching, looting, nabbing, embezzling, snaffling, hooking, liberating, whipping, glomming, abstracting, nobbling, cribbing, blagging, burglarizing, shoplifting, boning, snavelling, rifling, peculating, defalcating, scrumping, copping, souveniring, requisitioning, dispossessing, scrounging, pickpocketing, hijacking, relieving, despoiling, disinheriting, draining, bereaving, ripping off, knocking off, half-inching … more
burglarised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burglarising
  1. (Britain) present participle of burglarise
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