anti-burglar
adjective
(alsoantiburglar)uk/ˌæn.tiˈbɜː.ɡlər/us/ˌæn.taɪˈbɝː.ɡlɚ/designedtopreventthievesfromenteringbuildingsillegallyandstealingthings:
Thewalliscoveredwith anti-burglarpaint.
anti-burglarlighting
Antiburglardevicessuch asalarmsandwindowlocksarereadilyavailable.
See also
burglar
Synonym
anti-burglary
- There were anti-burglarbarson thewindows.
- Anti-burglarlightsandsensorshave beeninstalled.
- Dogs areactuallygreatanti-burglardevices.
- Many more of us have nowinstalledanti-burglarhouseholdsystemsathome.
- If you go away just for theday, you don't have to get someone in tofeedthecatsor set the anti-burglardevices.
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- anti-poaching
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- joyride
- kleptomania
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- rustle
- rustling
- snaffle
- snitch
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Crimes against property