anti-burglary

adjective

an·ti-burglary

ˌan-tē-ˈbər-glə-rē,

ˌan-ˌtī-

also -gə-lə-rē,

also -gəl-rē

: used or intended to prevent burglary

anti-burglary devices

Examples of anti-burglary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Donald McKinney — a five-year veteran of the force and one of Le’s police academy classmates — described confusion at realizing their unmarked pickup was being riddled with bullets from some unseen gunman during a late December anti-burglary operation. —

Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024

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