burglarproof
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of burglarproof
Example Sentences
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Before any remodeling was done at all, a fireproof, burglarproof vault was dug in the basement of the house in which every treasure was moved.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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