What does burglaree mean?
Burglaree means (rare, nonstandard) One who is burgled..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, nonstandard) One who is burgled..
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).
To that the inner voice, resourceful devil that he was, had a persuasive counterargument: a burglary a few doors away, two days before I hit Mapes, would make Friday's burglary look like part of a string, and Mapes an incidental victim rather than a designated burglaree.
What was the world coming to when a burglar blamed the burglaree for causing the break-in?
They want details from the burgled, the burglaree, the burglar being unavailable, so they would know where exactly in the house resistance might come from if they matured and were on a breaking and entering sortie themselves.
Beware, – to touch a beadle is, at least, flat burglaree.
A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea, Are trying their hand at a burglaree!
"Don't worry. We're just swapping soldiery for burglaree," said Fal. "Seeing as you disapprove of us doing soldiery properly."
A loyal son of Texas Went out upon a spree Perpetrated six murders, Some rape and burglaree.
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Burglaree means (rare, nonstandard) One who is burgled..
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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).
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