burglaree
burglaree noun: one who is burgled. Also the alternative form of burglary.
Noun
burglaree (plural burglarees)
- 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).2004, Jennifer Cognard-Black, Narrative in the Professional Age
- 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.2011, Lawrence Block, The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries: Volume Two
Also used as
burglaree is also the alternative form of burglary.
Forms of burglaree
| plural | burglarees |
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Origin of burglaree
From burglar + -ee.
Questions about burglaree
- What does burglaree mean?
- Burglaree means one who is burgled.
- What part of speech is burglaree?
- Burglaree is a noun.
- What is the plural of burglaree?
- The plural of burglaree is burglarees.
Words near burglaree in the dictionary
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