"burglaree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burglarees [plural]
Etymology: From burglar + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|burglar|ee}} burglar + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} burglaree (plural burglarees)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) One who is burgled. Tags: nonstandard, rare
    Sense id: en-burglaree-en-noun-MniF~ZlP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: burglarees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} burglaree (countable and uncountable, plural burglarees)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of burglary Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: burglary
    Sense id: en-burglaree-en-noun-YJOP893D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Jennifer Cognard-Black, Narrative in the Professional Age:",
          "text": "When The Critic solicited Phelps's opinion on international copyright, she said, “It seems to me there can be but two opinions on such a matter, and that they cannot be unlike those of the burglar and of the burglaree” (“An Appeal” 65).",
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