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Burglarious

adjective
1.
Involving or resembling burglary.





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"Burglarious" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the curious life-history of the flies which dwell as unbidden guests or social parasites in the nests and hives of wild honey-bees. These burglarious flies are belted and bearded in the very self-same pattern as the bumble-bees themselves; but their larvae live upon the young grubs of the hive, and repay the unconscious hospitality of the busy workers by devouring the future hope of their unwilling hosts. ...
— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen
... bag and produced a dark lantern, a coil of strong silk rope, and a small but serviceable jemmy. All that burglarious ...
— Once a Week • Alan Alexander Milne


Words linked to "Burglarious" :   burglary


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