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burglarproof

American  
[bur-gler-proof] / ˈbɜr glərˌpruf /

adjective

  1. safeguarded or secure against burglary.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make burglarproof.

    to burglarproof one's home.

Etymology

Origin of burglarproof

First recorded in 1855–60; burglar + -proof

Example Sentences

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The men understood at once that they had achieved the impossible, gained unchallenged entry to the burglarproof subterranean vaults of the Banque de France.

From Time Magazine Archive

All these he hung in his burglarproof home called Stone's Throw, outside Pittsburgh, and only people he liked and trusted ever got to see them.

From Time Magazine Archive

But what most impressed a Chicago still living close to the stockyards was a private elevator and the report that the huge castle was burglarproof.

From Time Magazine Archive

Add a bank, ultramodern European and defiantly burglarproof.

From Time Magazine Archive

His city house is of the spick and span order, and he evinces a great interest in burglarproof devices.

From The Night-Born by London, Jack

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