Definition of Burglarious

1. Adjective. Involving or resembling burglary. "Burglarious tools"

Partainyms: Burglary
Derivative terms: Burglary

Definition of Burglarious

1. a. Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.

Definition of Burglarious

1. Adjective. Being or resembling a burglar ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Burglarious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burglarious

burghmaster
burghmasters
burghmote
burghmotes
burghs
burghul
burghuls
burgish
burglar
burglar alarm
burglar alarms
burglared
burglarer
burglarers
burglaries
burglarious (current term)
burglariously
burglarise
burglarised
burglarises
burglarising
burglarize
burglarized
burglarizes
burglarizing
burglarproof
burglars
burglary
burgle
burgled

Literary usage of Burglarious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"burglarious tools in possession of the accused. ... Other burglarious acts.—Evidence that the defendant had 21 Richardson v. State, 145 Ala. 46, " People v. ..."

2. The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy (1901)
"HAVING POSSESSION OF burglarious INSTRUMENTS AND DEADLY WEAPONS. 'Sec. ... Possession of burglarious implements. Sec. 466. Every person having upon him, ..."

3. The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Frank P. Deering (1886)
"Where the indictment described a par- burglarious tools as evidence.—Sec. ... Guilty possession of burglarious implements. SEC. 466. ..."

4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1866)
"... we suppose there is little need to apprehend any danger to the bank's stock of gold from hostile or burglarious attempts. FOOD AND ITS ADULTERATIONS. ..."

5. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872; as Amended Up to and by California, James Henry Deering (1899)
"Possession of burglarious instruments. § 467. Having possession of deadly weapons. § 466. Every person having upon him, or In his possession, a picklock, ..."

6. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir (1913)
"... Head-hunters — Deer — A Resurrected Woodpecker — Muskrats — Foxes and Badgers — A Pet Coon — Bathing — Squirrels — Gophers — A burglarious Shrike. ..."

7. The Penal Code of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, John H. McKune (1872)
"HAVING POSSESSION OF burglarious INSTRUMENTS AND DEADLY WEAPONS. SECTION 466. Having possession of any instrument with intent to commit burglary. 467. ..."

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