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burglarize

[bur-gluh-rahyz] / ˈbɜr gləˌraɪz /
VERB
break in
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Another resident, Andrés Calderón, 40, said several people in the neighborhood hadn’t wanted to leave their homes, fearing that thieves would burglarize them.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

“Westwood was entirely sure it was people trying to seek out their houses to burglarize them,” said Neal, a documentary film editor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

“Eric Rivera Jr. would not have been in that car on the way to burglarize Sean Taylor’s house that night if he was a really good football player,” Dorsey said in a phone interview.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2014

This year, she leads a particularly strong Un Certain Regard sidebar with "The Bling Ring," a film about star-worshipping California teenagers who burglarize celebrity homes.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2013

If I had for one instant imagined you cared enough about it to burglarize my rooms ...

From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance

The horror thriller, about a valet who burglarizes the houses of his rich customers, earned a B-minus rating on CinemaScore and a 56% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2018

More recently in June, a rail car loaded with lithium-ion batteries caught fire as it was being burglarized in the Cajon Pass, authorities and railroad representatives said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Unluckily for McCoy, the home that had been burglarized was located on a street where he regularly rode his bicycle in a loop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

He also investigates stolen tractors and off-road vehicles, burglarized deer camps, and financial crimes, like a $2 million case that involved a man who took out bank loans on cows he didn’t own.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Pitt, who owns several properties across the globe, is understood to have been away from the dwelling when it was burglarized on the evening of June 25.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025

Beholden to paying clients, they were widely seen as surreptitious figures who burglarized people’s secrets.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

In May, seven Colombian nationals were arrested on suspicion of burglarizing homes in Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

And in January, police arrested a man suspected of burglarizing Drake’s Beverly Hills home.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2023

It's as if G. Gordon Liddy kept burglarizing various Democratic offices after the Watergate break-in, but the reporting on his later crimes failed to mention the first one.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2020

Craig Koblitz, 62, a yacht repairman who lives across the street, said some neighbors had suspected him of burglarizing a nearby house a few years ago.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2018

"Well," said Tommy, wonderingly, "that's, the first time I ever knew a burglar to give a college yell when he was burglarizing a house, even in a story."

From Whirligigs by O. Henry


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