burglarious

[ ber-glair-ee-uh s ]

/ bərˈglɛər i əs /

pertaining to or involving burglary.

Origin of burglarious

First recorded in 1760–70; burglar + -ious

bur·glar·i·ous·ly, adverb

Every step of his burglarious progress was applauded by the audience.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
She had no fear of burglarious marauders now that the valiant Major was at her elbow.

John Marchmont's Legacy, Volumes I-III |Mary E. Braddon
Can your ingenuity suggest no explanation of a man's presence in another man's house at midnight save a burglarious motive?

The Come Back |Carolyn Wells
A scheme for burglarious entry, suggested by a boy at large, in the hope of reward, did not recommend itself.

It Never Can Happen Again |William De Morgan

I don't know which of us it was, by the way, who seduced the rest from the main stream of blood into this burglarious backwater.

A Thief in the Night |E. W. Hornung