Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Secure against burglary.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Constructed so as to be capable of resisting the attempts of burglars, as a safe or a building.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. secure against burglary.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. secure against burglary
Etymologies
- burglar + -proof (Wiktionary)
Examples
“His city house is of the spick and span order, and he evinces a great interest in burglarproof devices.”
“Miss Tabbet was the local schoolteacher who lived in a neat bungalow outside the village and whose home had so far appeared burglarproof.”
“The front has a chipped red-bordered door covered with rusted burglarproof mesh.”
“No, this place is burglarproof just the way it is.”
“Through the new lock—a dead bolt, supposed to be burglarproof.”
“While no lock is burglarproof, a responsible store owner wouldn't leave at night without locking every door and window.”
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“One company advertised "the only software in the universe that makes your information virtually 100\% burglarproof!”
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