burglarize
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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
“He would have no need to burglarize or steal anything from anyone at a trailer park,” Steinberg said, adding that Winslow “looks forward to being vindicated” in court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2018
“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
The Heads must win.—What puzzles me Is why in Hades there should be A watchdog; 'tis, I should surmise, The last place one would burglarize.
From A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Susan Paxson
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
Sielsch drove to a home that had been burglarized by a bear to install an electric mat on the back porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
He said he felt sorry for owners of the businesses in the area that been burglarized or vandalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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
And in January, police arrested a man suspected of burglarizing Drake’s Beverly Hills home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2023
Although the men on trial admitted to burglarizing the museum, they refused to admit significant aspects of the crime — such as planning and leadership — blaming unknown accomplices instead.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
Brill said homeless encampments had grown out of control in the area during the pandemic, with people suffering from mental illness living in squalor and regularly burglarizing nearby properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2021
Although Watergate had some foreign policy origins — the “plumbers” started out burglarizing Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office in response to the Pentagon Papers — it was an overwhelmingly domestic affair with a narrow focus.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2017
Since the corn roast, the burning of his barn and the burglarizing of his house Mr. Preston had been quietly endeavoring to discover the evil-doers.
From Madge Morton's Trust by Amy D. V. Chalmers
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